Beyond LAUSD Professional Development
The following professional opportunities are offered by various educational partners outside LAUSD.
Click on each link for various upcoming professional development opportunities and events.
The WRITE Center, a national research and development center focusing on secondary writing, funded by the Institute of Education Sciences at the UCI School of Education and National Writing Project offers FREE livestreaming events:
Same Wineburg: Argument Writing in the History Classroom
Thursday, March 26, 2020, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Past Events (recorded livestream available for viewing)
Jim Burke: Academic Writing Instruction
Kelly Gallagher: Empowering Adolescent Writers
Carol Jago: Why and How Reading is in Crisis
Jennifer Fletcher: Teaching Arguments, Research-Based Strategies for Teaching Rhetorical Comprehension, Critique, and Response
Steve Graham: Research-Based Best Practices to Improve Secondary Writing Instruction
California State University, Northridge
Click on each link for various upcoming professional development opportunities and events.
UCLA
Click on each link for various upcoming professional development opportunities and events.
Currently no upcoming events
Pen America
Visit the Pen America website to learn more.
Writer in Residence Program
The Writer in Residence Program brings a professional writer/teaching artist to a Los Angeles-area school over the course of a 6 - 12 weeks creative writing workshop. The program is free of charge and open to schools in underserved communities. Click here to find out more or email the L.A. Programs Coordinator, Natalie Green, ngreen@pen.org.
Guest Speaker Program
The Guest Speaker Program brings a professional writer to a classroom or assembly for a one-time visit to talk about their path to becoming a writer, read from their work and answer questions about the writer's life. This is an ongoing program offered free of charge to any school, pending writer availability. Visit the PEN website for more information.
Questions? Contact:
Hali Metelak, Secondary Literacy/ELA Coordinator, Local District Northeast, hali.metelak@lausd.net (818) 252-5439
Local District Northeast
Secondary Literacy/ELA
