The Innovative Northwest Teacher

DISTANCE CLASSES

The Essentials of Writing Instruction

        Mary Mitchell and Jackie Knapp       NEW

Bring joy back into teaching and learn what it means to be an effective teacher of writing while discovering ways to organize and implement strong writing curriculum essentials into everyday practice, no matter what your experience.  Save time by learning practical, research based strategies, which can immediately be implemented into any classroom.  Adapt the ideas presented to fit your particular school, students, beliefs and context.  Designed for pre-service, first-year and experienced teachers K-8.         

This course takes an in-depth look at the essentials for writing instruction.  Students will read and reflect upon the required text Writing Essentials, written by Regie Routman.  While examining their own practices and the practices of highly effective teachers in literacy, students will investigate these research-based strategies to increase ALL students’ learning, while exploring many ways to integrate these strategies into their daily instruction.

Fall:

   Register anytime until 11/5/10.

    Course work due 12/5/10.        

    Grades posted online (www.pdx.edu) 12/15/10.

Fees:   3 Graduate Quarter Credits: $165 PSU + $480 TINT

     (Noncredit: $480 TINT) 

Fees**

Portland State University is changing the way fees are collected.

Although total tuition amounts are unchanged PSU credit students will now make two payments:

1. a course fee payable to TINT (paid by all students)

2. a credit fee payable to PSU (paid by credit students only)

All materials and assignments will be found online and can be completed through email or sent to your instructor in the mail. Grades available online (www.pdx.edu).

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