(OWP) Writing for Publication

This course is part of a series for OWP Summer Invitational Institute graduates invited to become writing coaches in schools/districts. The course will give teachers time out from the hectic pace of classroom life to reflect on their practice, discuss their research on writing and learning, as they address local and national concerns about teaching writing.

For a variety of publications teachers will write narratives of school/teaching life, articles about theory and practice grounded in classroom lessons, and opinion pieces about issues in the teaching of writing.

Course is limited to 15 participants. The first class is a three-day writing retreat at Menucha; OWP will cover the cost of double-occupancy rooms and meals. Participants are responsible for tuition and travel.

Prerequisite: 4-Week Invitational Summer Institute and instructor’s permission

Dates: Tuesday, September 13. Friday-Sunday September 16-18; and Saturdays, October 22, November 5, December 10 and January 7

Times: Tuesday, Sept. 13, 4:30-6:30 p.m.; Friday, September 16, 6-9 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 17, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 18, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; Saturdays, Oct. 22, Nov. 5, Dec. 10 and Jan. 7, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Locations: Lewis & Clark College Graduate Campus, Rogers Hall room 105 and Menucha Retreat Center in Corbett, OR

Instructor: Linda Christensen, M.Ed., OWP Director

Degree-applicable credit: ED 597, 3 semester hours, $2,214.

Continuing education credit: CEED 897, 3 semester hours, $1,050. Some districts, like PPS, accept this credit for lateral movement on a salary schedule while TSPC accepts these clock hours for CPUs.

Travel expenses to Menucha Retreat Center are not included in tuition.