- Meadow Brook Writing Project
- Summer Institute
Meadow Brook Writing Project
O'Dowd Hall, Room 147 and 147A
586 Pioneer Drive
Rochester,
MI
48309-4482
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Summer Institute
Summer Institute: Teacher Camp 2021
This summer, we will be offering a brand new, invigorating, and fun method of professional development for writing teachers. Our teacher camp will be held at the historic Meadow Brook Hall for five half days over the course of one week. If interested, the camp will count toward Teacher Consultant Certification from MBWP (.25).
Pre-register for Teacher Camp.
The MBWP is part of the National Writing Project, a network of over 200 sites nationwide dedicated to improving writing, literacy and teaching in schools, K through 16.
The institute provides a community of teachers with an opportunity to support each other with innovative ideas and practices to take back to classrooms. Participants in the Meadow Brook Writing Project Summer Institute join an existing network that will continue to influence teaching and learning long into the future.
Each participant:
- develops a demonstration project to share with colleagues;
- practices writing freely in various personal and professional modes;
- reflects on his or her own writing and teaching practices;
- participates in a reading inquiry group;
- develops critical skills as teachers, theorists and writers;
- promotes conversation about writing across grade levels and disciplines;
- prepares for a leadership role as a consultant and counselor to other teachers.
The Meadow Brook Writing Project does not advocate any set formulas, pre-packaged plans or quick-fix remedies. Our philosophy includes the following points:
- Teachers are the key to improving education, and the best teachers of teachers are other teachers.
- Knowledge about teaching writing results from an interaction between theory and practice.
- Meaningful change happens over time.
- Teachers of writing must write.
- The teaching, learning and practice of writing are vital to a democratic society.
Leaders
Daily leadership is provided by Mary Cox and Kathleen Reddy-Butkovich. Cox, co-director of the Meadow Brook Writing Project, taught at Renaissance High School in Detroit, where her students routinely scored well above the state average on the MEAP. She is a fellow of the former Detroit Writing Project and has occupied leadership roles in the state and national councils of teachers of English. Reddy-Butkovich, also a co-director of the MBWP, is the former Curriculum Coordinator for English Language Arts and Social Studies at Plymouth-Canton Community Schools and is a past fellow of the Meadow Brook Writing Project 2001 Summer Invitational Institute.
More Information
For information regarding MBWP or course content and responsibilities, contact Mary Cox at (313) 824-4778(313) or cissycox@aol.com, or Kathleen Reddy Butkovich at (248) 540-7963 or kreddyb@aol.com. For information regarding registration contact Christina Hall at chall@oakland.edu.
Marshall Kitchens, Director
Meadow Brook Writing Project
Oakland University
Rochester, MI 48309-4401