Hawaii Writing Project

It's time to register for the Invitational Summer 2012 Institute!

Each year the Hawai‘i Writing Project works with up to twenty educators across grades and content disciplines to introduce them to writing practices and theories that will motivate teachers and students alike, and help them discover—or rediscover—its joys.  Those who complete the Invitational Summer Institute become teacher consultants whose job it is to provide motivation and leadership in the teaching of writing within their communities. Together, we are dedicated to improving writing instruction in our nation’s schools and to promoting the use of writing as a tool for thinking and literacy learning across disciplines.

On O‘ahu:

When: June 18 – July 13, 2012; Monday – Thursday, 8:00am – 3:00pm

[Except the last week, which is Monday – Friday due to the 4th of July holiday]

Support sessions will be scheduled during the 2012-2013 school year

Where: University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, [classroom TBA]

Registration deadline: May 25, 2012

Please direct questions to Ellen Spitler, 808.956.5842 or spitlere@hawaii.edu

On Maui:

When: June 25 – July 13, 2012; Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 3:15pm

Support sessions will be scheduled during the 2012-2013 school year

Where:  University of Hawai‘i Maui College, Laulima 102

Registration deadline: May 25, 2012

Please direct questions to Marnie Masuda, 808.984.3435 or marniem@hawaii.edu

Summer institutes have the power to change people.
Please join us and bring a friend or colleague to share your experience!

For more information and registration form, please see our flyers:

• O’ahu ISI flyer
• Maui ISI flyer

Read about experiences from the HWP 2010 Summer Institutes.

We proudly announce our Oahu Writing Across the Curriculum & Assessment Institute [WAC+] for summer 2012:

Kapi'olani Community College and Windward Community College, in partnership with the Hawai'i Writing Project, will sponsor the two week institute.

This is an exciting opportunity for college faculty to participate in authentic professional development across content areas.

• When: May 21 - June 5, 2012; Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 3:30pm
• Where: Windward Community College
• Registration deadline: April 2, 2012

For more information, please see our flyer.

Continuity/Open Institutes – HWP offers continued professional development to HWP alums, as well as teachers new to HWP, through two-week summer Continuity/Open Institutes. Teachers read professional literature on institute topics, participate in reading groups, observe strategy lessons, and develop and present their own lessons.

• Using Writing & Technology in Place-based Inquiry – Teachers study place-based inquiry processes, and develop their own place-based research project. They incorporate several different writing formats and technology to present a digital story on their inquiry topic.
• Academic Vocabulary - Teachers examine the relationship between reading comprehension, writing, and vocabulary development across subject areas.
• Reading-Writing Connections through Genre Study - Teachers read and examine authors' craft in a variety of genres, and then they work on their own writing pieces that incorporate specific elements of writing craft.Offered Summer 2012. 
  
• Writing across the Curriculum - College-level educators examine how writing can be effectively integrated into a wide range of subject areas courses that are designated as writing intensive. 
  

Continuity Programs – HWP alums are invited to participate in a wide range of continued professional development through HWP and partnership programs. Offered throughout the year:

• Online Book Clubs

• Professional Development Workshops

• Celebrate Reading Festival

• Children’s Literature Hawai`i Festival

• Literacy Conferences

• HWP Leadership Teams

Site-based In-Service – HWP provides site-based literacy professional development customized to meet the literacy needs of public, charter, and private schools in Hawai`i. Because we are a local organization, we provide ongoing support and literacy professional development that meets the needs of students in Hawai`i. Offered throughout the year.

The Hawai`i Writing Project is celebrating 30 years of providing literacy-related teacher professional development to K-16 educators across the Hawaiian Islands. The HWP mission is “to improve and integrate the teaching of writing and reading in Hawai`i's schools.” Committed to serving the broadest range of teachers and students in Hawai`i, HWP is particularly interested in:

• Helping teachers to understand the power of writing as a way of learning in all subject areas, connecting reading, writing, and thinking;

• Honoring Hawai`i's diverse peoples, rich cultural heritage, language, and unique island environment; and

• Working in partnership with others for the betterment of education and community in Hawai`i.

The Hawai`i Writing Project is the Hawai`i state affiliate of the National Writing Project. The NWP began at the University of California at Berkeley in 1974. Today, there are 200 writing project sites across the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, as well as sites in Canada and Europe. The NWP is the only federally funded program that focuses on the teaching of writing. Support for the NWP is provided by the U.S. Department of Education, foundations, corporations, universities, and K-12 schools.

The NWP and its state affiliates are successful because they support teachers in becoming competent writers themselves and better teachers of writing. Research has shown the effectiveness of the NWP teacher professional development model of “teachers teaching teachers.”

For more information about NWP research, visit their website.