OWP Summer 2022 Workshops

Designed by and for K-12 Teachers

OWP Summer 2022 Workshops: Online, Hybrid and On campus options.

After a year like this, we need lots of things - a break, a breather and maybe even an OWP workshop. Whether you need credits to renew your license, want to start your MAT, or crave a professional home to learn, write, teach, reflect and plan, OWP has a workshop for you.

Join K-12 teachers in learning together in an Ohio Writing Project Workshop. This summer we are offering a variety of formats to meet your needs. Flexible choices of online, hybrid or on campus workshops let you personalize your experience and join from anywhere! Scroll below to preview the workshop options and email ohiowritingproject@miamioh.edu for more information or to obtain registration information. All OWP credits are at a 50% tuition reduction rate and provide graduate credit for licensure renewal or CCP credentials.

INFORMATION & REGISTRATION

For information or registration on any of the OWP Summer 2022 Workshops, email OWP at ohiowritingproject@miamioh.edu.

43rd Annual Workshop on the Teaching of Writing June 13-July 8, 2022 6 credit hours

Join the OWP Workshop on the Teaching of Writing and be part of a writing and teaching community that supports you as a teacher and might change everything!

Be Inspired

Participate in interactive presentations, learn about best practices in all areas of literacy, and work toward your own professional teaching and writing goals.

Collect Resources

Practice strategies for creating and strengthening instruction of Ohio’s ELA Learning Standards,

and return to your classroom with ideas for teaching, revising, and evaluating writing.

Collaborate with Professional Voices

Explore current writing research and be in conversation with other K-12 teachers including Liz Prather on June 17.

(Re)Discover the Writer

Experience a classroom writing community, create models of your writing for your students, and become a teacher who writes.

On Campus Location: VOALC, West Chester, Ohio

Times: M-F 8:30 - 3:00, No class June 20 & July 4

Instructors: Maggie Burke, Mariemont HS & Beth Rimer, OWP

Hybrid Location: Online & Piqua City Schools, Piqua, Ohio

Times: In person 8:30 - 3:00, June 13 - 22 & July 7-8, Online June 23 - July 6 , No class June 20 & July 4

Instructors: Kate Bauer, Bluffton High School & Katie Bills-Tenney, Bellbrook HS

Indigenous Voices, Past & Present, 6/6 - 6/16 (3 credits)

“I started writing to save my life.” - Joy Harjo. As the first Indigenous voice to be named the US Poet Laureate, Harjo’s words not only inspires writers but also challenge teachers to examine the ways Indigenous voices are present in our classroom. We'll learn with indigenous scholars, explore current indigenous storytelling and attend field trips to learn about local tribal histories. Teachers will gather classroom resources to design historically and culturally responsive teaching practices around indigenous voices, explore the role of writing in telling, saving and sharing stories and create classroom resources around past and present indigenous voices.

Summer tuition scholarships and school year field trips for this workshop are available through a partnership with the Dayton Society of Natural History and a NEH/NWP grant.

Instructors: Shawn Gilliand, Northwest High School; Julie Veneman, Endeavor Elementary

On-Campus Course: Voice of America Learning Center and Field trips

Time: 8:30 - 3:00, Monday - Thursday

Assessment & Feedback for Teaching and Learning, 6/6 - 6/24, (3 credits)

Assessment and feedback too often carry negative feelings for students and teachers. Does it have to? How do we leverage feedback to promote learning and teaching? How do we manage the paper load? How do we determine what students really know and can do? How can we be sure our assessment practices are capturing and measuring learning? Do we even need grades at all? Participants will wrestle with these questions about assessment, grading, and feedback by reading current professional voices, discussing teaching practices and creating assessments for their own classrooms. Special Guest: Matt Johnson.

Instructor: Suzanne Gill, Hamilton HS; Liz Reilly, Mariemont HS; Erica Johnston, Lakota Elementary

Hybrid Course: Asynchronous Online June 6-24,

Synchronous On-Campus, June 7 & 17, 8:30 - 3:00

Inside the Essay: Rethinking Essay Writing, 6/22- 7/13 (3 credits)

Compare contrast. Photo. Literary. Rhetorical. Definition. Analysis. Digital. Argument. Graphic. Multi-modal. Essay in the world is full of possibilities, so why do we put essays into such a small category in the classroom? In this workshop, we’ll inquire into the role of essays in the world, the practices for expanding the possibilities of essays in the classroom, and the strategies for raising the quality of essays. Reimagine the ways student choice can move essay writing from tests to real world writing.

Instructors: Christene Alfonsi, Talawanda HS; Natalie Bowman, CHCA

Hybrid Course: Asynchronous Online 6/22 -7/13

Synchronous On-Campus, June 23 & July 6, 8:30 - 3:00

Designing Writing: Literacy Toolbox for the Elementary Classroom, 6/27- 7/1 (2 credits)

Much like a carpenter’s toolbox, educators use tools to support students and teachers in literacy instruction. In the workshop designed for primary and elementary teachers, participants will investigate, research, reflect on and plan for the use of specific tools that will help build a writing and reading instructional toolbox with a focus on lesson design, time structures, conferencing and strategy development. You’ll leave with a vision for a literacy classroom and practical classroom applications to support young readers and writers.

Instructors: Carrie Geers, Little Miami Elementary; Megan Rodney, OWP

On-Campus Course: Meets at VOALC 6/27 - 7/1, 8:30 - 3:00

Food Writing: A Genre Study 7/11 - 7/29, (3 credits)

Food is essential to sustaining our physical bodies, but can it be inspiration for our classroom? Dive into the ways food can be a central factor in reading and writing in authentic ways. Through a genre study of food lit including research, stories, memoirs and reviews, we’ll read and deconstruct the way people write about food; and then we’ll write our own food lit. Through professional readings, field-trips and food writing, we’ll design classroom lessons and models that use food as the center of writing and community building.

Instructors: Bernadette Wayne, Clermont Northeastern HS; Amy Whitling, Mason Intermediate School

Hybrid Course Design: Asynchronous Online 7/11 - 7/29,

Synchronous On-Campus: July 12 & 21, 8:30 - 3:00

Supporting and Enriching Literacy for ELL Students, 7/18 - 7/22 (1 credit)

Every classroom brings together students with diverse cultures, backgrounds and languages. As teachers, how do we support students as they work in multiple languages and celebrate the diversity in our classrooms? In this workshop designed for K-12 teachers, participants will read and review professional resources for supporting English Language Learners in a literacy classroom. We will explore the structures, strategies and practices that best create environments that build on student experiences and knowledge, support interaction in the classroom, and build literacy skills.

Instructors: Ritu Champlin, Middletown City Schools; Jenna Hovis-Choi, OWP

Online Course Design: Online Asynchronous 7/18- 7/22

EARN YOUR MASTERS OF ARTS IN TEACHING WITH OWP

All summer workshops can be used toward earning your Masters Degree! The Ohio Writing Project Master of Arts in Teaching is an innovative degree program built by teachers for teachers. Email Kristin Hock hockkn2@miamioh.edu for more information about this innovative and flexible MAT.