Continuing Education

For Educators

Below is a list of upcoming continuing education activities designed for educators, administrators, and other school personnel.

New events are added to our calendar regularly. For the latest on events related to your specific interests, sign up to receive periodic updates by email and/or mail.

Writing Culture: Exploring the Intersection Between Text and Image
Northwest Writing Institute
Saturday-Sunday, March 7-8, 2015
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
From ESL Pullout to Language for All: How to Bring More Explicit Language Instruction to Your School
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
5-7 p.m.
Exploring Models of Liberation in Classrooms and Clinics: Confronting Transphobia
Saturday, March 14, 2015
9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Visual Thinking Strategies
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
5-8 p.m.
Rewilding for Human Flourishing
Thursday, March 19, 2015
5-8 p.m.
Exploring Web 2.0
March 23-April 10, 2015
Online
Poetry Writing
Oregon Writing Project
Tuesdays, April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5, 2015
4:30-7:15 p.m.
The Ethics of Cultural Self-Awareness: How to Offend Without Really Trying
Friday, April 10, 2015
1-5:30 p.m.
Motivational Strategies for School Counselors
Saturdays, April 11 and 18, 2015
8:00-4:30 p.m. April 11, 8:30-4:30 p.m. April 18
Memoir
Northwest Writing Institute
Wednesdays, April 15-May 13, 2015
4:30-7:15 p.m.
College Planning to Promote Equity and Access for All Students
Saturday-Sunday, April 25-26, 2015
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Bearing Witness: Writing, Documentary Studies, and Social Justice
Saturday-Sunday, April 25-26, 2015
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
The Practice of Writing
Northwest Writing Institute
Saturday-Sunday, May 2-3, 2015
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Critical Family History
Saturday, June 6, 2015
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Four-Week Invitational Summer Institute
Oregon Writing Project
June 22-July 17, 2015
9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Writing for Publication
Oregon Writing Project
Dates and times vary between January 9 and May 30, 2015
ESOL Endorsement - North Clackamas Cohort
Mondays, January 12, February 9, March 9 and April 20, 2015
4:30-7:30 p.m. and online
ESOL Endorsement - Online Cohort
January 13-April 21, 2015
Online
Environmental Identity and the Ecological Self
Two Saturdays: January 17 and February 7, 2015
1-5 p.m., plus online study
ESOL Endorsement: East Portland Cohort
Thursdays, February 5, March 5, April 2, May 14, 2015
4:30-7:30 p.m. plus online study