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 Welcome
The Penn State Lehigh Valley Writing Project is a member site of the National Writing Project. The NWP is a network of sites anchored at colleges and universities and serving educators across disciplines and at all levels, early childhood through university. We provide professional development, develop resources, generate research, and act on knowledge to improve the teaching of writing and learning in schools and communities.
In addition to developing a cadre of local teacher-leaders through Invitational Summer Institutes, the LVWP designs and delivers customized in-service programs for local schools, districts, and related educational collaborators, and provides a diverse array of continuing education and research opportunities for teachers at all levels.
For information on how you can access LVWP's dynamic network of experienced Teacher Consultants, contact Stephanie Bell, Professional Development Coordinator at 610 285 5239 or ssb160@psu.edu. Be sure to friend us on Facebook! |
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Three Days/Three Modes:
An Academy for Implementing
the Common Core State Standards in Literacy
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Calling ALL Educators
Want to know more about teaching and learning in
this era of Common Core State Standards in Literacy? Join us for
Three Days/Three Modes
July 15-17, 2013 or July 29-31, 2013
An Academy for Implementing the
Common Core State Standards in Literacy |
- Learn how to integrate the CCSS through classroom writing in rich and meaningful ways;
- Identify, analyze, and understand the curricular possibilities of the three modes (argument, informative, narrative);
- Learn and develop writing-to-learn techniques across all content areas;
- Design lesson plans for implementing the CCSS within existing curriculum.
Click to register online July 15-17 or July 29-31.
Click for the mail-in form July 15-17 or July 29-31. |
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Penn State Lehigh Valley
Offers Creative and Academic
Summer Youth Camps
Penn State Lehigh Valley is offering two-week, half-day youth camps from July 8-19. Camps are available in writing, visual arts, math and engineering and are geared toward students entering grades one through 12. Camps are offered in the morning (9 a.m.-noon) or the afternoon (1-4 p.m.).
Registration open now. |
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 Penn State Specialist Certificate:
Teaching Writing & Literacy
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Join a community of educators from all content areas for Penn State Lehigh Valley's Specialist Certificate: Teaching Writing & Literacy, a 15-credit postbaccalaureate program offered through the Lehigh Valley Writing Project. Similar in design to the Pennsylvania Department of Education's range of educational
endorsements, this certificate is designed to afford educators deep study in all aspects of literacy instruction. The program contains twelve core credits plus a 3-credit elective concentration for a 15-credit certificate with classes being held at the Penn State Lehigh Valley campus in Center Valley.
Register by calling 610-285-5060. |
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 Writing Wisdom
from the World
Hey, friends, don’t be too quick to dis those writing prompts! Lehigh Valley Writing Project Fellow Heather Harlen drew her idea for her newly published novel, Hope You Guess My Name - A Thriller, from one. Stephanie Bell, LVWP PD Coordinator, recently interviewed the author. “Writing itself is a solitary process, but being connected to other writers is really important,” Harlen says.
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