Welcome
The weather might be cold and the days short, but CAWP is offering an exciting schedule of workshops, classes, and other opportunities for Chicago area teachers that will brighten your teaching and excite your students. Look below for flyers and schedules, and be on the lookout for our spring mailing coming soon to your school. Best wishes for a great second half of the school year!
Barbara Kato, CAWP Director
SPRING-SUMMER 2010
For Individual Teachers
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Saturday Seminars - Next session Feb. 6 -
Initial Writing Class - 15-hours Next class Feb. 3
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CAWP 2010 Spring Conference - April 17, 2010 Featured Speaker Carol Jago, NCTE President
For Students:
Summer Digital Storytelling Camp
2010 Scholastic Writing Contest: Thanks to all the students who enrolled!! Enrollment is over for this year. Look forward to next year's competition.
For Schools and Districts
School-Site Programs - CAWP offers a number of 15- and 30-hour classes for districts and schools in the Chicago area led by CAWP Teacher Consultants who have been trained in our CAWP Invitational Summer Institute. Includes programs in Writing, Reading Strategies, Emergent Literacy, Reading and Writing in the Content Areas, and the Extended Writing on the ISAT. Click the link for a complete and detailed listing of CAWP programs. 2008-2009CAWPSchool-SiteProgramList.pdfCustomized School Programs - We understand that school populations and teaching staffs have different concerns, resources, strengths and needs. Contact the CAWP Director Barbara Kato at 312-355-4495 or bkato@uic.edu to discuss alternative ways to customize professional development for your staff. Some alternatives include: long-range planning, follow-up sessions, study groups, and on-site consultation with individual and small groups of teachers.