COASTAL SAVANNAH WRITING PROJECT’s GOALS:1)making all teachers confident as writers and teachers of writers;2)improving the teaching of writing;3) implementing writing as a learning tool across the curriculum;4)delivering customized in-service programs for local schools and teachers; and5)providing continuing education and research opportunities for teachers.

Professional Development based on the knowledge, leadership, and best practices of effective teachers.

1) SUMMER INSTITUTE in WRITINGThe Summer Institute brings together experienced teachers from across the Savannah & Coastal counties, in all grade levels and all disciplines, for four weeks of writing, research, and practice.

• Teacher as WRITER• Teacher as RESEARCHER OF WRITING STRATEGIES• Teacher as TEACHER (OF TEACHERS)

2) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT• delivered by the Project Leadership Team and trained TEACHER-CONSULTANTS• WORKSHOPS, IN-SERVICE, CONFERENCES, COACHING

3) CONTINUITY• continued training and support for S.I. Fellows• INQUIRY, BOOK CLUBS, WRITING GROUPS

THE WORK OF CSWP

COASTAL Savannah WRITING PROJECT

INSIDE THE SUMMER INSTITUTE

Teacher as WRITER:•3 modes of writing: narrative, persuasive, informational•multi-genre writing: poetry, prose, scripts, brochures…•independent writing with peer response group support•collaborative, co-authored writings•writing marathons – AASU, Savannah, Callawassie Island•A final IMPLEMENTATION PLAN for the classroom

Teacher as RESEARCHER

Grade-Level Literature CirclesCommon-Read: The 9 Rights of Every WriterBook Clubs: Ralph Fletcher, Katie Wood Ray, Barry Lane…

Journal articles Teacher as TEACHERDemonstration Lesson Presentations•based on a classroom NEED•resolved by STRATEGY, not activity•addresses STATE STANDARDS•supported by RESEARCH•presented in an INTERACTIVE lesson•demonstrated in STUDENT WORK

CSWP LIBRARY

FutureYOUTH & FAMILY PROGRAMS

Writing Contests

Family Writing Saturdays

Reading-Writing Camps

3-hour Saturday morning strategy workshops for teachers – reading, writing, or technology

Fall: 1st Saturday of month, University Hall, AASU

Spring: 4th Saturday of month, University Hall, AASU

October 1, 2011 Leap into Literacy Fall Conference

March 23, 2012 Spring Strategies Conference

advance registration required for SSS events

can be held in northern (SC) or southern GA counties with minimum of 10 teachers from district and also open to teachers from other districts

2010 LEAP INTO LITERACY Fall Conference

• Speakers: “Writing a Life” – T. Kohler & S. Earle, Waddie Welcome and the Beloved Community

• 2 Breakout Sessions: 10 K-12 workshops:Mentor Texts, Writing to Learn, Student-Created Rubrics, Word Choice, Persuasive Writing, Poetry Slams, Content Area Terminology, Art and Writing, Color-Coding for Revision

2011 SPRING STRATEGIES CONFERENCE“Take your students up, up, and away…”

Kyle Puttkammer, creator of Galaxy Man comics•Comics in the Classroom•using comics as a strategy for reading and writing

2 BREAKOUT SESSIONS: 10-12 K-12 Strategy Workshops

Barnes & Noble BOOK SALE

In-service on writing and reading strategies

Continuing in-service is more effective (package rates)

Whole-day, half-day and coaching rates available

IRA’s 2011 “Should-Be Hot Issues”:• Writing• Content Area Literacy (new topic, 2011)• Informational/Nonfiction Reading

“Writing to Read: Evidence for How Writing Can Improve Reading” commissioned by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Alliance for Excellent Education, April 2010

www.carnegie.org/literacy

Starting with Strong SentencesTeaching, Not Assigning WritingDesigning Narrative, Expository, and Persuasive Writing Units Establishing and Managing a Writing and/or Reading Workshop Making Research Matter: Teaching Inquiry & Research Writing Writing and Reading for Content Area Teachers Writing to Learn: Using Journals to Increase Comprehension Teaching & Assessing Writing through the Four Domains Using Mentor & Touchstone Texts to Teach Strategies Writing with the Heart, Revising with the Head: Revision TechniquesStrategies, Procedures, and Content through Daily Mini- Lessons Multi-Genre Writing; Using Multi-Genre Projects to Assess LearningFiction & Nonfiction Reading Strategies Effective Strategies for Teaching VocabularyTechnology & Writing: Digital Storytelling

Partner with CSWP in grants

Saturday or after-school Specialty Institutes:

•Technology and Writing

•Writing for Content Area Teachers

•Implementing Reading-Writing Workshops

•Fiction and Nonfiction Reading Strategies

• other options

Contact: Lesley Roessing, DirectorCoastal Savannah Writing ProjectArmstrong Atlantic State Universitywritingproject@armstrong.eduPhone: 912.344.2702

Check our website: www.cswp.armstrong.edu

with our new INTERACTIVE CATALOG

Lesley Roessing, CSWP DirectorDonna Loyd, CSWP, Associate Director

Barbara Grimm, CSWP Associate Director Julie Warner, CSWP Associate Director

Patricia Wachholz, Dean, AASU COESusan Cooke, AASU COE

Lawanda Ransom, SCCPSS SDSharon Sand, SCCPSS SDMarcia Young, SCCPSS SDSherry Carroll, Beaufort SDArthur Holmes, Jasper SD

Melodie Fulcher, Effingham SDCharlene Rocker, Liberty SD

Aimee Taylor, Bryan SDCharlotte Lawson, Glynn SD

Tina Kirby, McIntosh SDCarrie Jane Williamson, Diocesan Schools

Nancy Zalesiak, Hilton Head Prep, SCGayle Putnal, Savannah Country Day School, GA

Debbie Rotkow, CGWPNancy McCorkle, CGWPSherry Dolgoff, CGWP