CSU – Pueblo to host Southern Colorado Writing Project Visitors Day

Pueblo- An introduction to the Southern Colorado Writing Project (SCWP) and the contributions it makes to improving education will be part of a Visitor’s Day at Colorado State University – Pueblo this Thursday.

Visitors also will have the opportunity to share the accomplishments and hard work of SCWP Institute Fellows from 2-4 p.m. Thursday (June 29) in the main foyer of the Life Sciences Building on the CSU-Pueblo campus. The SCWP is based on the National Writing Project model which provides opportunities for teachers from different disciplines at the K – 16 level to share their expertise, develop personal writing skills, study current writing research and to prepare workshops on writing instruction for presentation to colleagues at their home institutions and elsewhere.

Thursday’s events will begin with a poster session and refreshments in the main foyer followed by two concurrent 30-minute breakout sessions conducted by 2006 SCWP Summer Institute Fellows. Two SCWP fellows will conduct 30-minute versions of their 90-minute demonstrations that have been developed for SCWP inservice sessions. This year’s presenters are Michelle Gray, a South High School mathematics teacher, who will address the importance of using writing in the mathematics classroom. Nancy Oswald, a fifth grade teacher from Cotopaxi K-12 Consolidated School, will discuss coaching students through the revision process.

For more information contact SCWP assistant Ali Eickholt at 719-549-2595 or at scwponline@gmail.com. For more information on the SCWP and the National Writing Project, visit www.scwponline.org and www.writingproject.org


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