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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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The National Writing Project
The University of Nevada-Reno
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Our Summer Open
Our Summer Open is also known as the "Neil Fockler Summer Open," in honor of Neil Fockler, who taught the course for years.
Robin Griffin serves as our Northern Nevada Writing Project's Summer Open Coordinator. She became a Teacher Consultant for the NNWP after enrolling in 2003's Summer Institute. She has been involved with our Summer Open since 2004.
In addition to coordinating the Summer Open, Robin has designed NNWP inservice courses for our rural communities, and she teaches English at Truckee Meadows Community College. |
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2008's Summer Open Dates:
Monday – Thursday, June 9-12
Monday – Thursday, June 16-19
Monday--Thursday, June 23-26
All class sessions: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
All classes held at: UNR's College of Education Building, room TBA
$345.75 = 3 undergraduate credits*
$479.25 = 3 graduate credits*
* These prices reflect 2007's tuition fees; we haven't heard if there will be an increase for 2008.
What happens during the Summer Open?
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| Our Summer Open teaches the philosophy of the National Writing Project, which emphasizes teachers teaching teachers. Through this three-credit summer class, teachers and future teachers become familiar with the latest classroom writing research, gain exposure to Nevada state writing standards and inspiring classroom strategies to teach them, and learn successful strategies to prepare students for state writing assessments. Participants of the Open are also encouraged in their own personal writing so that they understand more fully what their students experience when given writing assignments. |
Writing Process!
Writing Genres!
Writing Traits! |
Currently, the Open is offered every summer in June. It is a three-week, four day, eight to twelve class in which dedicated teachers who have taken the Summer Invitational class and have been trained as teacher consultants present their research-based classroom strategies to participants. Participants leave with a multitude of classroom activities and techniques that can be applied immediately. Presentations mostly focus on the six writing traits, the writing process, writing across the curriculum, and reading and writing connections.
If you have questions about this summer's Open Institute, please contact Robin Griffin at
rgriffin@tmcc.edu. |
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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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