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OKLAHOMA WRITING PROJECT
Opportunities for OKWP Teacher Consultants
TOLI Summer Institute
15th Annual Olga Lengyel Institute New York Summer Seminar
June 20th - July 1st, 2020
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The Olga Lengyel Institute is named after American immigrant and philanthropist Olga Lengyel, a survivor of Auschwitz and author of Five Chimneys: A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz. The Institute was established to educate teachers in the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world about human rights and social justice through the lens of the Holocaust and other genocides so that such atrocities may never again take place.
The eleven-day summer seminar encourages teachers to think creatively and collaboratively about how they teach the Holocaust, genocide, and social justice. Participants become adept at dealing with difficult material and discover how writing, dialogue, and inquiry can help motivate students toward social action. Prior experiences teaching the Holocaust or focusing on social justice in the classroom is required. Seminar applicants should have at least five years' classroom experience and need to be at least five years away from retirement. |
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Submission deadline: February 22, 2020
All participants receive a fellowship of $350, free housing at Columbia University, and round-trip airfare. Local transportation and most meals will be provided by TOLI.
For more information or to apply for this seminar, please click here.
All participants receive a fellowship of $350, free housing at Columbia University, and round-trip airfare. Local transportation and most meals will be provided by TOLI.
For more information or to apply for this seminar, please click here.
Strategies to Engage Young Learners with Informational Text
A webinar presented by Nell Duke, Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture at U of Michigan
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 from 4:00 - 5:00 PM EST
This edWebinar will share why and how to effectively engage young children with informational text using a variety of resources—including the acclaimed children’s television and video game resources from Molly of Denali. Informational text helps young children develop word knowledge, vocabulary, and comprehension skills. Rising expectations necessitate children spend a substantial amount of their literacy time on informational text, yet many teachers want to know more about how to use this text type. This edWebinar is a great opportunity to learn effective ways to meaningfully engage your children with informational text.
Drawing from research and her knowledge of the Common Core State Standards and other standards documents, Nell K. Duke, Professor at the University of Michigan, will clarify what informational text is and provide targeted strategies for its use in preschool to grade 2 classrooms.
In this edWebinar, you will:
Drawing from research and her knowledge of the Common Core State Standards and other standards documents, Nell K. Duke, Professor at the University of Michigan, will clarify what informational text is and provide targeted strategies for its use in preschool to grade 2 classrooms.
In this edWebinar, you will:
- Understand that informational texts have distinct purposes, structures, and features
- Learn to construct informational text sets and design informational writing projects
- Explore interactive read-alouds and other foundational practices for supporting students in their work with informational text
For more information and to register, please click here.
The edWebinar recording will also be posted to this page the day after the presentation.
The edWebinar recording will also be posted to this page the day after the presentation.
Where does OKWP work?
The Oklahoma Writing Project has provided professional development recently in all of the counties above that have been darkened.
Is OKWP effective?
Deb Wade is Director of Elementary Language Arts Education for Oklahoma and a graduate and former graduate and director of OKWP!
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Brooke Meiller (left) is Executive Director of School Support & Improvement for Oklahoma and a graduate of OK Writing Institute. Jason Stephenson (right) is Director of Secondary Language Arts Education for Oklahoma and former graduate and director of OKWP!
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Skye Spears (middle), Teacher of the Year, Eisenhower Elementary School (Norman) and former graduate of OKWP!
Ray Robinson (left), Teacher of the Year, Highland West Junior High School (Moore Schools) and former graduate of OKWP!
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Sandi Hebert, Teacher of the Year, Whitebead Public Schools, former graduate of OKWP and new co-director of OKWP!
Joshua Flores, former Director of Secondary Language Arts Education for Oklahoma.
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