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Summer 2019 Professional Development Series

Summer 2019 Professional Development Series

Open to all grades and content areas

612 Allen Hall / Wednesdays in June & July / Registration requested 

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June 26 - Institute 1: Literary Analysis for Teachers

9 a.m.-12 p.m., "Refresher on Literary Analysis: Constructing Racial Justice in Claudia Rankine’s poem Citizen: An American Lyric" with Dr. Rose Casey, WVU

June 26 1 p.m.-4 p.m., "The Tie That Binds: Forging a Connection Between Close Reading and Analytical Writing" with Toni Poling, FSHS


July 10 - Institute 2: Classroom-based Teacher Research

9 a.m.-12 p.m., "Jumping in with Both Feet and a Clear Focus: Taking on Classroom-based Research with Grit and Gusto!" with Steph Runion and Jessica Eades
1 p.m.-4 p.m., "Social Justice Writing: Reconciling Privilege & Empowering Marginalized Voices " with Emily Tanzey, MTEC

July 17 - Institute 3: Teacher Writing Time & Teaching Writing Revision

9 a.m.-12 p.m., "The In-Betweens: Writing With Our Scarce Resource, Time" with Daniel Summers, UHS
1 p.m.-4p.m., "Revision, Re-Vision: Seeing our Work Again, for Ourselves and for Our Students" with Dr. Sarah Morris, WVU