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College of Education
Mailstop 288
Univ. of Nevada-Reno
Reno, Nevada 89557
Phone: 775-784-1161
Fax: 775-784-4758
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We're sponsored by the National Writing Project!
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Our 5-Credit Invitational Summer Institute (ISI)
 Every year since since 1982, the NNWP has offered its 5-credit Invitational Institute. Teachers apply to attend, and when accepted, they begin a journey that changes them as writing teachers.
Carol Gebhardt and Kim Cuevas are our Northern Nevada Writing Project's Summer Institute Facilitators.
Carol--who took the ISI in 2005-- coordinated the creation of NNWP's Going Deep with Compare & Contrast Workbook as part of her work with the NNWP's Teacher Inquiry Projects.
Kim--who took the ISI in 1999--also coordinates the NNWP's Literacy Initiatives. These outstanding TCs became Co-Directors of the Northern Nevada Writing Project in September of 2007. |
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Summer Institute 2009 Details
(click here to open/print the 2009 ISI application)
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May 2, 2009 (Saturday Orientation at UNR, 8:00 - 3:00)
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June 11 and June 12, 2009 (Research at UNR)
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June 14-16, 2009 (Retreat at Lake Tahoe)
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UNR Sessions: June 17 - June 19, June 22- June 26, June 29 – July 2, 2009 (Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 8:00-3:00; Wednesdays & Fridays, 8:00-1:00)
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September 11, 2009 (Follow-up, 4:00 – 9:00 p.m.)
Questions about the 2009 Summer Institute should be directed to either Kim Cuevas (kcuevas@washoe.k12.nv.us) or Carol Gebhardt (cgebhardt@washoe.k12.nv.us) Click here to open the application for the 2009 Summer Institute.
UNR registration requires immunization records! In order to register for this course, participants will need to arrive the first day with updated immunization records. Participants who do not, will not be able to register for the course. Click here to read more details about what records will be needed to register for this course. |
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What's the best professional development opportunity
in Northern Nevada? |
| Each Institute participant attends a Saturday orientation in the Spring. All agree to return in June, promising to locate research and do further explorations on why one of their best practices in writing instruction works. All agree to return in June with personal and professional topics they wish to unpack by taking them through the writing process. |
Spring Orientation: Meeting a group of friends you never knew you had before.
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The summer session begins with a three-day retreat. The Institute's facilitators, mentors, and participants begin forming a community of learners that will last all summer long. Writing is accomplished. Best practices are discussed. Response and revision become Institute norms.
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The Summer Retreat: Amazing food and new connections.
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| Three weeks are then spent on the University campus. Each participant crafts and presents a 90-minute demonstration to the group. The other Institute members participate in each demonstration and help the presenter shape the ideas further. As a result of the experience, everyone leaves with a toolbox full of new, research-based ideas. |
Class at UNR: Active participation and professional inspiration. |
As both writers and teachers, we remain in contact for the rest of the summer on the NNWP's blog.
The group meets face-to-face one last time in the Fall. Plans are made to find future audiences for our demonstration lessons. We return to our classrooms with new energies, new colleagues, and new friends.
This is a professional development experience that will change your perception of teaching. |
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Sign up for FREE!
Our Writing Lesson
of the Month Teacher Network
Are you looking for some high quality writing lessons that teach skill and writer's craft? Click here to find out how to sign up for this free network.
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Another Great Teacher Network!
Our Mentor Text of the Year Teacher Network
This year we're exploring innovative ways to use Roni Schotter's Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street as a classroom mentor text. Click here to hear ideas from your fellow educators.
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Northern Nevada Writing Project: |
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We're teachers teaching fellow teachers how to use writing as a powerful learning tool in all our classrooms. |
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