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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. |
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Rediscover YOUR teaching spirit!
Read the first LVWP book:
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A Teacher, Carol
Burnt-Out Teacher Rediscovers Her Spirit
Based on the template of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, this is a short, fast-paced read for busy teachers desiring inspiration as well as practical teaching strategies. A team of Lehigh Valley Writing Project fellows designed this book to help others to write and to use writing to learn in all content areas. Appendix includes lively lesson plans for teachers to apply immediately to enhance their classroom practice.
Copies available for $10 at the LVWP office at Penn State Lehigh Valley or at lulu.com.
Contact the authors here. |
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Summer Writing Courses
for Educators |
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These courses are open to all educators who wish to learn more about using writing-to-learn techniques with their students. Each course can be taken as a stand-alone offering or as an elective toward Penn State Lehigh Valley's Writing Specialist Certificate. Register by calling 610-285-5060.
EDUC 432 Children's Literature in Teaching Writing (3 credits)
Monday - Friday — June 25-29, 2012 — 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
EDUC 464 Technology and the Learning Process (3 credits)
Monday - Friday — July 9-13, 2012 — 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
EDUC 465 Serving Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners (3 credits)
Monday - Friday — July 16-20, 2012 — 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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Advanced Summer Institute:
Unlocking the Power of Poetry
June 25-29, 2012
This 3-credit Advanced Institute is intended for those who have already successfully completed a National Writing Project Summer Institute. Participants will read, write, and analyze poetry, as well as explore poetic techniques, both their own and those of published authors. They will develop a comfort level with their own writing of poetry and will become aware of the rich connections between poetry and the prose genres currently required in most writing curricula. Participants will be introduced to a wide range of poetry resources. Sessions will be presented in workshop format where poetry will be viewed as writing in microcosm and the connection between poetry and the domains of writing will be highlighted.
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