WELCOME TO THE CALIFORNIA WRITING PROJECT
CWP’s 2021 James GrAy Memorial Webinar
Thursday, February 18, 2021 | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Writing for Real is More Critical than Ever
Today’s students face a tumultuous world: racial inequities and violence, a global pandemic, and economic despair. We have seen students, politically aware and adept with social media, use writing to make a difference. Join Mary Ann Smith and Sandra Murphy, authors of Writing to Make an Impact, to explore ways teachers can create writing tasks and experiences that empower students to make things happen - by revealing injustice, offering new solutions, changing minds, calling for action, and promoting new thinking. This presentation will feature the work of two outstanding teachers whose civic engagement and Proteus projects are models for writing that make an impact – on readers, on causes, and on students themselves.
Today’s students face a tumultuous world: racial inequities and violence, a global pandemic, and economic despair. We have seen students, politically aware and adept with social media, use writing to make a difference. Join Mary Ann Smith and Sandra Murphy, authors of Writing to Make an Impact, to explore ways teachers can create writing tasks and experiences that empower students to make things happen - by revealing injustice, offering new solutions, changing minds, calling for action, and promoting new thinking. This presentation will feature the work of two outstanding teachers whose civic engagement and Proteus projects are models for writing that make an impact – on readers, on causes, and on students themselves.
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Thank you to our presenters and attendees!
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A Date with CATE: Inspiration and Innovations for Today's ELA Classroom
Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 8:30AM
A Date with CATE: Inspiration and Innovations for Today's ELA Classroom
Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 8:30AM
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James Gray,
from Teachers at The Center
I knew that the knowledge successful teachers had gained through their experience and practice in the classroom was not tapped, sought after, shared, or for the most part, even known about. I knew also that if there was ever going to be reform in American education, it was going to take place in the nation’s classrooms. And because teachers—and no one else--were in those classrooms, I knew that for reform to succeed, teachers had to be at the center. It became a burning issue with me that teachers were not seen as the key players in reform or as true experts on what went on in their classrooms.
from Teachers at The Center
I knew that the knowledge successful teachers had gained through their experience and practice in the classroom was not tapped, sought after, shared, or for the most part, even known about. I knew also that if there was ever going to be reform in American education, it was going to take place in the nation’s classrooms. And because teachers—and no one else--were in those classrooms, I knew that for reform to succeed, teachers had to be at the center. It became a burning issue with me that teachers were not seen as the key players in reform or as true experts on what went on in their classrooms.
