2. Invitational Summer Institute
Day 13 July 10, 2017

5. If you work only three to five hours a day, you become quite productive. It’s the steadiness that counts. --Woody Allen I have to write every day because, the way I work, the writing generates the writing. --E.L. Doctorow

6. Agenda Time Event 9:00-9:15 Daily Log, Author’s Chair 9:15-10:30
Social Justice Revisited
10:30-10:45
BREAK
10:45-11:15
11:15-12:00
Inquiry Groups
12:00-1:00
Lunch
1:00-1:30
From a Writing Project Fellow to a Teacher Consultant
1:30-2:15
Anthology Planning/ Editing
2:15-3:25
Writing Time or Inquiry Groups
3:25-3:30
Wrap–up

7. Don’t get it right. Get it written
Don’t get it right. Get it written. --James Thurber The fact is that blank pages inspire me with terror. What will I put on them? Will it be good enough? Will I have to throw it out? --Margaret Atwood

8. Anthology Contributions due
RSVP for Luncheon

9. Your Comments: What You Learned
Strategies to prepare students for SBAC
Interesting discussion about writing process – slow starts, thinking during non-writing time.
Students should understand performance tasks as genres (with specific features, requirements)
Great info about testing. I never get to go to training about it because I teach 1st. I learned a lot and it gave me an idea of all the skills that go into the type of writing my students will need to do some day.

10. Your Comments: What You Learned
About the importance of the SBAC tests. I examined the rubric & realized that it will be helpful to introduce the language of the prompt to my students.
SBAC materials – always worthwhile to review
Inquiry time – great discussion about grading, avoiding the bottleneck, and criteria.
Time to work with our inquiry group – reading and research was helpful!

11. Your Comments: What You Learned
That Inquiry groups could keep us busy over the next year – or more!
I learned that I’m lacking in skills in negotiating a simple cup of coffee.
The SBAC discussion very informative; history coming up next year.

12. What Surprised You? What Questions Do You Have?
I’ve been reflective about over-teaching a text vs. letting students take from it what’s important to them.
The SBAC rubrics still seem to have a lot of subjectivity.
I learned that every writer goes through a bad day where nothing seems to sound right. Even awesome writers that make it look easy have bad days.

13. What Surprised You? What Questions Do You Have?
How vague the rubrics are! Ughh.
Aja’s Author’s chair reading – I have no words. Only tears of laughter.
I’m surprised at how fired up I am for my inquiry group topic. It’s real – something I need to make my teaching life better, and I think we’ll all take something different out of it. That’s OK!

14. What Do You Want To Know More About?
October 7th 
Aja’s adventure ;)

15. Social Justice Revisited

16. Everyday Advocacy at Eastern Michigan
Ron Harris
Darci McGrath
Janin Spoor

17. Break

18. Social Justice Continued
“Double Take” OR
Whitney and Johnson: “Speaking Truth to Power”
Bean and Bean “At the Intersection of Creativity and Civic Engagement”
Epstein: “Activists and Writers”
Explore /Equity on flash drive

20. Inquiry Groups

21. Take Some Time to Explore…

23. From Writing Project Fellow to Teacher Leader
What does this mean…for ME?

24. 2017-2018 Free attendance at anything we offer.
Access to Writing Project library
You receive a badge of honor!
You receive a special Teacher Leader computer bag!

26. Ten Roles for Teacher Leaders Cindy Harrison and Joellen Killion
The ways teachers can lead are as varied as teachers themselves.

27. Ten Roles for Teacher Leaders Cindy Harrison and Joellen Killion
Resource Provider
Instructional Specialist
Curriculum Specialist
Classroom Supporter
Professional Learning Facilitator
Mentor
School Leader
Data Coach
Catalyst for Change
Learner
Other?
Let’s develop some shared understandings of these terms.
How can we understand these terms?

28. How do we get where we want to be?
Self assessment chart

29. Site Work Possibilities
Write to Literacy Conference: November 4th
Young Writer’s Camp (July)
Improving Student Academic Writing (ISAW)
Recruiting for Invitational Summer Institutes
Participate in future Invitational Summer Institutes
Paid facilitators (e.g. presenters, seasoned participants)

30. Site Work Possibilities
Professional development in schools
Encourage schools to partner with us in professional development.
Identify program opportunities and guide development.
Identify, create, and lead open institutes in writing, literature, poetry, assessment, technology, etc.

31. Site Work Possibilities
Create and lead/participate in book groups, discussion groups, study groups
Engage in teacher research/inquiry. Share findings.
Write to lawmakers, policy makers
Edit and/or write for site newsletter
Web site revision and development

32. Site Work Possibilities
Work with other Writing Project sites, nationally or state wide
Plan and facilitate social events such as reunions.
Whatever you would like to do with, and for, the site

33. Our Brains?
Your Brains!!

34. Quick Write: 10 minutes
Explore your thoughts and feelings regarding the future of your relationship with the Cal State Northridge Writing Project. How involved would you like to be? What interests might you like to pursue? Do you want to work with school sites doing professional development? Continue a writing group? Join a book group? Something else? Or none of the above?

35. Table Talk: 10 minutes
Share key ideas from your writing. What new ideas emerged as you wrote?

36. Complete Involvement Survey

37. Anthology Planning/Editing
Name
Cover?
Theme?
Writer Bios?
Anything else?

38. Goals: Anthology Planning/ Editing
Name?
Theme?
Cover?
Table of Contents?
Formatting?
Writer Bios?
Anything else?
For sale: Baby shoes Never worn. --Hemingway

39. Goals: Anthology Planning/ Editing
Name?
Theme?
Cover?
Table of Contents?
Formatting?
Writer Bios?
Anything else?

40. Writing Time? Inquiry Groups?

41. For Next Time…
Leadership Readings