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Title: Recommendation: Description: The Writers Workshop Project is intended to support expert literacy instruction within our nation's schools through research, writing and professional development of teachers and school leaders. In participating schools, a project staff developer joins teachers in the complex work of establishing rigorous writing workshops in their classrooms where students learn to observe their lives and the world around them and to collect, draft, revise and publish well-crafted narrative and expository texts. Students learn to talk, think and write well about their reading and to live richly literate lives. Grant funds will be used to pay for the Writers Workshop Units of student (instructional materials) to be provided to all Grade K-5 classroom teachers, five full days of professional development from the Writers Workshop Leaders including Lucy Caulkins, guaranteed seats at the week-long Summer Institute at Columbia Teachers College in NYC, Principal training and funds for South Grade to host a "Home Grown Institute" by offering a one or two day conference for other Title 1 schools mirroring the Writers Workshop model. Our long-term goals for becoming an affiliate school are three-fold. First, South Grade will work with the Columbia Teachers College Writers Workshop Project to develop a strong writing curriculum with a full cadre of teachers from grades k-5 including a strong collaborative network with other affiliate schools nationwide. Secondly, South Grade will become a teaching resource partner for other Title 1 schools in Palm Beach County. The third piece involves a parent component where parents are trained as learning partners to support their child's writing through conferencing and modeling. The goals and outcomes of the grant activities will be evaluated by analyzing the results of the FCAT Writing Subtest, SSS FCAT Reading learning gains and teacher/parent training component agendas, sign-ins, and evaluations during the three years of the project 2007-2009. Financial Impact: For Additional Information, contact: Ann Killets (akillets@palmbeach.k12.fl.us) Carole R. Shetler Attachments (list):
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