Summer 2013 Courses

At WCU's Graduate Business Center
July 15 - 19 Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners
in the Content Area, 4 - 12
  PWP 510-31
  New course!
July 15 - 19
July 15 - 19

Strategies for Teaching Writing, 4 - 12  PWP 503-30  

July 22 - 26

Popular Mechanics, 4 - 12   PWP 503-31

July 22 - 26 Writing and Children's Literature, K - 8   PWP 513-30
July 29 - August 2

Writing with 2.0 Technologies, 5 - 12  PWP 512-30

August 5 - 6 Content Literacy: Strategies for Implementing the
Common Core Standards, Grades 4 - 12

PWP 599-43
  (1 credit)
At the Bucks County IU
July 8 - 12

Writing Essentials, 1 - 8   PWP 599-30

July 29 - August 2 Moving Writing into the 21st Century: Integrating Technology
and Language Arts, Grades 3 - 8
  PWP 508-30
August 5 -9 Nonfiction Texts: Reading to Analyze and Writing to Explore
in the Age of Common Core, 3 - 8
  PWP 599-40
  New course!                                                                                            
At Other Locations
July 22 - 26
with intro. mtg. June 27, 9 am - noon

Visualizing Words and Worlds, K - 12   PWP 513-31
at the James A. Michener Museum, Doylestown

July 25 - 25 History and Art in Valley Forge National Historical Park, K - 5   PWP 599-34
(1 credit) at Valley Forge National Park                 New course!

July 15 - 19
with intro. mtg. June 4, 4:30 - 7:30 pm

Literacy in Bloom, K - 12   PWP 510-30
at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square

July 22 - 23

Nature as Inspiration for Reading and Writing:
Partnering with Children, K - 2
  PWP 599-33

(1 credit) at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square

August 5 - 6

Writing Revision in Bloom, 6 - 12   PWP 599-41
(1 credit) at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square     New course!

August 7 - 8 Nature Journaling in Bloom, K - 12   PWP 599-42
(1 credit) at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square    New course!

Invitational Institutes for Experienced Teachers

Application process required
6 graduate credits
July 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18 (12 days)
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

plus two 1/2 Saturdays in April/May and five dates in September/October/November

exact Spring/Fall dates vary by Institute

(click below for exact dates of each Institute)

Writing Institute
Writing Institutes at WCU's Graduate Business Center
and at the Bucks County IU

Reading and Literature Institute
at WCU's Graduate Business Center               

Institute participants become Fellows of the National Writing Project
and are eligible to teach in our summer Youth program, present in-service workshops, and coordinate courses.

Contact Sally Malarney at 610-436-2202 or e-mail smalarney@wcupa.edu for an Institute application packet
Application deadline: April 5, 2013

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