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| Annual Invitational Summer Institute |
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Participants in the Annual Invitational Summer Institute (ISI) have the unique opportunity to work in a supportive environment with people who have a keen understanding of the challenges and needs of teaching in today's educational environment: fellow classroom teachers. The ISI, an approved professional development activity, is an intensive, four-week long workshop preceded by several Saturday meetings in the spring and one follow-up meeting in the fall.
During the ISI, participants can expect to: Engage an inquiry questions of their design. Has there been a teaching practice, theory, or question about teaching you've wanted to investigate? The ISI provides the venue and support for a serious engagement of topics such as technology and writing, investigations into various pedagogical theories, and research into writing center pedagogy.
Interact with other educators. The ISI brings educators together from local high schools, middle schools, elementary schools, community colleges and universities to discuss teaching and writing. Participants gain important knowledge and insights during the ISI, and they continue working with other participants long after the summer institute ends.
Write and discuss writing.The BWP is about writing and the teaching of writing about writing learning. We are committed to the belief that teachers who dedicate themselves to their own writing, become better teachers of writing and better learners. Participants in ISI will write extensively, share their writing, discuss their writing, and discuss the writing of other participants.
Learn from others. Participants in the ISI present work on their inquiry project, providing other participants an excellent resource for teaching and scholarship. In addition, the BWP also schedules workshops and presentations by scholars and master teachers covering a wide array of topics such as the effect of the criminal justice system on local communities, writing assessment and writing, as well as on specific topics such as poetry and creative writing.
Explore different approaches to teaching and writing. The BWP is committed to helping educators take advantage of the opportunities technology offers to improve student learning, helping them implement technology effectively in teacher inquiry and in writing classrooms.
To support ISI participants, the BWP provides the following:
$800 stipend, which may be applied to tuition costs if participants wish to receive graduate credit
Housing, if needed
The ISI is the beginning point for those wishing to become move involved in the BWP. Once participants have completed their summer institute, they are encouraged to attend retreats, conferences, and other events sustaining the work of the BWP.
Schedule of 2011 Annual Invitational Summer Institute
Now-March 14 - Applications Accepted.
March 17-20 - Applicants Invited for Interview.
March 26 - Interviews
March 28 - Acceptance Correspondences Distributed
April 16 - First Pre-Session. Distribute major texts for ISI and articles to be read by second pre-session.
April 30- Second Pre-session. Discussion of articles
May 28 - Third Pre-Session and Retreat
June 6-July 1 - Annual Invitational Summer Institute
Click Here to Apply for the 2011 Annual Invitational Summer Institute
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