Established in 1978, UCI Writing Project is the 13th site of the California Writing Project and the oldest of the Subject Matter Projects on the University of California, Irvine campus. We're located in UCI's Graduate School of Education.
We are one of 200 sites of the National Writing Project.
We are one of 200 sites of the National Writing Project.
The UCI Writing Project has trained 800 teachers/consultants from 85 local school districts and twelve colleges and universities. Additionally, the project has trained 675 teachers in its open program on Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking, and 600 teachers in the Governor's Professional Development Institutes. The project has reached over 20,000 teachers via conferences and inservice programs. It was the first California Writing Project site to create a summer youth program, which has grown from 35 students and 2 teachers in 1984 to more than 2500 students and 200 teachers in 2013.
2019 - 2020 Research-Based Strategies Workshop Series
|
October 30, 2019
Nicole Mirra & Antero Garcia Fostering Collaborative Inquiry and Civic Engagement through Youth Participatory Action Research January 22, 2020: Alan November Transforming Learning: Preparing Students for Success in the Digital Age by Promoting Digital Citizenship, Critical Thinking, and Social Emotional Intelligence February 26, 2020: Dominique Smith All Learning is Social and Emotional: Helping Students Develop Essential Skills for the Classroom and Beyond |
2019 Annual Literacy Conference
|
December 5, 2019
Keynote Speakers: Kelly Gallagher Penny Kittle Workshops by: Maria Nichols Lynne Dorfman Gretchen Bernabei Sheridan Blau Mary E. Styslinger Jennifer Fletcher Cheryl Hogue Smith More detailed information available in our program brochure. |
Summer Youth Program 2019
Session 3 students in our 2019 Summer Youth Program at our Irvine - Tarbut V'Torah site
The UCI Writing Project is celebrating its 36th year of its Summer Youth Program. Established in 1984, the Summer Youth Program has impacted thousands of students from around the globe with its mission to improve student writing and learning by improving the quality of teaching. The UCI Writing Project and its Summer Youth Program boasts a network of over 200 certified educators in Southern California to ensure quality instruction suitable for Grades K-12 designed to meet the California Common Core Standards. The program continues to excel and grow each year through the research and guidance of the Director of UCI Writing Project, Dr. Carol Booth Olson.
Featured in UCI News: On the right path
Carol Booth Olson, Professor Emerita, former Director of the UCI Writing Project and creator of the Pathway Project.
Steve Zylius / UCI
|
Professor Emerita and former Director of the UCI Writing Project, Carol Booth Olson speaks of her Pathway Project, established in 1996, which fosters academic literacy of English learners in middle and high schools.
If I can feel like I've moved the needle, if I can feel like I'm reaching out to these teachers and they, in turn, can get these kids into college, into good-paying jobs in the workforce, that's its own reward Read the rest of the article here.
|