UCI Writing Project
Summer Programs for Teachers
Summer Institute
Since 1978, the UCI Writing Project has offered summer institutes that feature professional development in literacy for teachers in Grades K-12 and College. Each summer, the Writing Project offers an open program and an intensive fellowship institute which is available to teachers through application and interview, and an invitational advanced institute.
This summer we are excited to be offering a one-week open program, as well as an invitational advanced institute for existing Writing Project Fellows. We are not offering our usual Intensive Fellowship Institute in 2019. The next Summer Institute is scheduled for 2020.
Please see the descriptions below to learn more about each of the summer professional development programs we offer.
This summer we are excited to be offering a one-week open program, as well as an invitational advanced institute for existing Writing Project Fellows. We are not offering our usual Intensive Fellowship Institute in 2019. The next Summer Institute is scheduled for 2020.
Please see the descriptions below to learn more about each of the summer professional development programs we offer.
2019 Open Program
Offered in Summer 2019:
This is a one-week intensive professional development experience that focuses on best practices for literacy instruction. The institute is open to all K-12 and college teachers and educational specialists who wish to enroll. The institute is led by Writing Project consultants and the content varies each summer to address topics of high interest to classroom teachers. Participants pay a registration fee and academic credit is also available.
Please visit our Open Program page for more information:
This is a one-week intensive professional development experience that focuses on best practices for literacy instruction. The institute is open to all K-12 and college teachers and educational specialists who wish to enroll. The institute is led by Writing Project consultants and the content varies each summer to address topics of high interest to classroom teachers. Participants pay a registration fee and academic credit is also available.
Please visit our Open Program page for more information:
UCI's Summer Institute on the Teaching of Literacy
and the Development of Literacy Leadership
Offered in Summer 2020:
The centerpiece of the UC Irvine Writing Project is the Summer Institute on the Teaching of Composition and Literature (Education 332.7), an intensive four-week, 100-hour seminar for veteran teachers in the field. It is designed to help teachers (elementary through university) develop techniques for teaching listening, speaking, reading, writing, and critical thinking to their students, enhance their own abilities as writers, and impart what they have learned to other teachers in in-service workshops. We aim to renew our teachers' sense of excitement about and commitment to the teaching of composition and literature and instill in them a firmer grasp of the processes of reading, thinking, and writing.
The centerpiece of the UC Irvine Writing Project is the Summer Institute on the Teaching of Composition and Literature (Education 332.7), an intensive four-week, 100-hour seminar for veteran teachers in the field. It is designed to help teachers (elementary through university) develop techniques for teaching listening, speaking, reading, writing, and critical thinking to their students, enhance their own abilities as writers, and impart what they have learned to other teachers in in-service workshops. We aim to renew our teachers' sense of excitement about and commitment to the teaching of composition and literature and instill in them a firmer grasp of the processes of reading, thinking, and writing.
Summer Programs
In addition to the Summer Institute Program that is offered to teachers in the summer, the UCI Writing Project also offers summer programs to further teacher development.
Information for the 2019 Summer Programs for Teachers will be updated by April.
Annual Literacy Conference
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The UCI Writing Project hosts its Annual Literacy Conference for Teachers, Grades K-12 each year in December at the UCI Student Center, bringing together over 500 educators and administrators from Southern California dedicated to improving students as readers and writers.
In 2018, we brought keynote speaker Cris Tovani and Ralph Fletcher to tackle the topic of Creating Engaged Learning Experiences for Readers and Writers along with a cast of Shawna Coppola, Carol Jago, Angie Balius, Emily McCourtney, Mary Widtmann, Heather Wolpert-Gawron, Jim Burke, and Beth Rimer presenting in morning and afternoon workshops. |
