Where we’ve been

1. Where we’ve been

24. 2007 Buhler Fellows

25. 2007 East High Fellows

26. 2008 Fellows

27. Who we are….

28. South Central Kansas Writing Project (SCKWP) is located at Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas. • This local site is one of 195 sites located at universities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U. S. Virgin Islands. • Each university site partners with local schools to improve teacher writing and the teaching of writing in order to improve student writing and learning, in general. • The umbrella organization that provides funding, direction, structure, management, and encouragement for all of the 195 sites is the NWP.

29. National Writing Project A tenet of the National Writing Project is that every child deserves a highly skilled teacher of writing. • The National Writing Project (NWP) is the premier effort to improve writing and the teaching of writing in America. • NWP builds the leadership, programs, and research needed for teachers to help their students become successful writers and learners. • Summer institutes, advanced seminars, writing marathons, young writers camps, and professional development are some of the services offered by local sites to accomplish these goals.

30. SCKWP Summer Institute • The summer institute sponsored by Wichita State University’s South Central Kansas Writing Project is an intense 18-day immersion into the production of personal writing expression, the study of writing development, and the acquisition of ideas for teaching writing, K-12. • Writing projects across all 195 sites conducted summer writing institutes to assist teachers in preparing for leadership roles by demonstrating their most effective practices studying research. • Participants improve their knowledge of writing by writing themselves. • Andover Public Schools hosted the SCKWP Summer Institute in 2006.

31. meet the instructors. . . Tonya Witherspoon Technology Liaison ESSDACK Jeff Roper Assistant Director Andover High School Dr. Dennis Kear Director Wichita State University 2004 - 2008

32. meet the instructors. . . Steve Maack Summer Institute Instructor Wichita High School East Teralyn Cohn • Technology Consultant • Wichita High School Southeast Nancy Sturm Summer Institute Asst Instructor Wichita High School Heights Dr. Shirley Lefever -Davis Director Wichita State University 2008 -

33. a typical day. . . • writing time • notes from the day before • writing prompt • teacher demonstration • reader/author chair • article summary • writing response groups • blog, wiki and e-anthology postings

34. writing time . . .participants may begin each day with a quiet time for writing logger notes . . . the logger shares notes from the day before writing prompt . . . participants present a variety of prompts for written response

35. teacher demonstration . . . strategies to teach writing, K-12 are demonstrated by participants reader’s chair . . . members share literature or their own work article summary . . . professional articles are shared and discussed

36. written response groups . . . time for collaboration on written work computer postings . . . time to read and post work on blogs, wikispaces and e-anthology

37. writing marathons . . .

38. special events . . .

39. thoughts from SCKWP. . . • “You have all helped me find a voice again after many years…” • “I can now say, "I am a writer!“ • “I have realized that I am a writer!” • “...to my second family at SCKWP 2006 - Thank you all for your inspiration and love.” • “Thanks to the South Central Kansas Writing Project I have dedicated more time to writing. I now find myself resuming the journey.”

40. “. . .we came in as strangers, yet we leave with voices discovered. . . all of us sharing, all of us writing, all of us leaving as friends inspired to write!”

41. Teacher Consultants:Kayla Buckner, Spaght Elementary, Wichita Teralyn Cohn, Wichita High School Southeast Gerri Hilger, Buhler High School Shelly Hill, , El Dorado Sally Kimball, Belle Plain High School Judy Leftoff, Retired Kris Osthoff, Andover Middle School Sherry Silveous, Spaght Elementary, Wichita Nancy Sturm, Wichita High School Heights Director: Dr. Dennis Kear, Wichita State University Assistant Director: Jeff Roper, Andover High School Technology Liaison: Tonya Witherspoon, ESSDACK Fellows:Shelley Addis, Tanglewood Elementary, Derby Melanie Bitler, Circle High School, Towanda Joe Conner, Augusta High School Mary DeVries, Buhler High School Julie Johnson, Circle Middle School, Benton Holly Kimble, Buhler High School Bonnie Lane, Haysville Steve Maack, Wichita High School East Raylin Ledbetter, Circle High School, Towanda Shea McGuire, Franklin Elementary, Wichita Amy Morrow, Franklin Elementary, Wichita Amy Valentas, Martin Elementary, Andover 2 0 0 6

42. Teacher Consultants: Mary DeVries Buhler High SchoolHolly Kimble Buhler High SchoolAmy Morrow Franklin Elementary, WichitaKris Osthoff Andover Middle SchoolLinley Voberil Inman Grade School Summer Institute Site InstructorsGerri Hilger Buhler High SchoolSteve Maack Wichita High School EastJeff Roper Andover High SchoolNancy Sturm Wichita High School Heights Technology Grant Fellow and Teacher ConsultantTeralyn Cohn Wichita High School Southeast Director: Dr. Dennis Kear, Wichita State University Assistant Director: Jeff Roper, Andover High School Technology Liaison: Tonya Witherspoon, Mindscapes Fellows: Buhler Site Writing FellowsShirleen Augustine Buhler High SchoolMarilyn Darnell Buhler High SchoolChristine Davis-Lykins Franklin Elementary, WichitaSandy Foster Liberty Middle School, PrattBecky Frisbie Hutchinson High SchoolSamantha Neill Buhler High SchoolDennis Perrin Hutchinson High SchoolMeg Rice Cheney Elementary SchoolKendra Steuver Wichita High School HeightsRachael Warren Inman Grade SchoolDan Whisler Sterling High School East High Site Writing FellowsLisa Dobbs Hamilton Middle School, WichitaMary Dohl Hamilton Middle School, WichitaWendy Graber John Marshall Middle School, WichitaAlexa Harrelson Payne Elementary, WichitaLinda Jackson Eugene Ware, Ft. ScottEmily Koch Wichita High School EastRenee Kohlhagen Dodge Literacy Magnet, WichitaTerri Rose White Elementary, Wichita 2 0 0 7

43. Teacher Consultants:Sandy Foster – Liberty Middle School - Pratt Sally Kimball – Belle Plaine High School Meg Rice – Cheney Elementary Summer Institute Site InstructorsSteve Maack Wichita High School EastNancy Sturm Wichita High School Heights Technology Grant Fellow and Teacher ConsultantTeralyn Cohn Wichita High School Southeast Director: Dr. Shirley Lefever-Davis, Wichita State University Assistant Director: Jeff Roper, Andover High School Technology Liaison: Tonya Witherspoon, Mindscapes Fellows:Sally Bridge - Wichita High School Southeast Vernette Chance - Curtis/Mayberry, USD 259 Kay Clark - Sowers Special Education Center Shirley Crosby - Franklin Elementary – Wichita Veronica Dillard - Mayberry Magnet School Jo Dunlap - Colvin Elementary – Wichita JoAnne Grandstaff - Wichita High School HeightsMelodie Harris - Cheney Middle/High School Chris Hockett - Stanley Elementary – Wichita Zachary Lawrence - Sowers Special Education Center Natalie Turner - Belle Plaine High School Mary Carol Wilson - The Independent School - Wichita 2 0 0 8

44. Where we’re going…

45. http://sckwp.wikispaces.com Wiki

46. http://sckwritingproject.ning.com Ning Community

47. Professional Development Workshops • Action Research Projects • Continuity • Student Writing Workshops • Prairie Winds Camp