Orientation

11:30 - 11:50 Welcome! Who are we? Writing into the Day: What are you bringing? What's bringing you? (Introductions)

11:50 - 12:00 Review the National Writing Project Social Practices

12:00 - 12:05 Review the Goals of the Institute & Overview of Grant Narrative that

drives our inquiry together

• The Philadelphia Writing Project (PhilWP) is a local site of the National Writing Project (NWP) at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE).

• The first Invitational Summer Institute (ISI) on Writing and Literacy was held in 1986.

• PhilWP is also a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) consortium member. This year's institute is funded, in part, through a TPS grant as well as through generous individual donations to PhilWP.

• Advanced Institute is focusing on the "hidden histories" of African American women leaders in Philadelphia. The Advanced Institute is being co-sponsored by the African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) and partially funded by a grant from NWP and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

• PhilWP's partnerships and work on teaching with primary sources means that the second week of our institute will be held at Independence National Historical Park and the AAMP.

• In addition to the ISI, PhilWP sponsors a number of programs throughout the year for educators, students, and families, including Project Write; Scholastic Art and Writing Awards; Kid Writing; Philly School Media Network; Teacher Research and Knowledge: A Celebration of Writing and Literacy; College, Career, and Communities Writers Program (C3WP); and Literature Circles.

• The NWP recently released a document outlining the social practices of teacher consultants. These social practices are foundational to the ISI—and to participation in PhilWP as a teacher consultant (TC).

12:05 - 12:15 BREAK

12:15 - 12:40 Read the article Teaching as Activism. Meet in journal groups for discussion and collaborative writing on this document.

12:40 - 12:50 Discuss further business:

• Anchor Text: They Carried Us: The Social Impact of Philadelphia’s Black Women Leaders

• Bulk Pack sneak peek

• Inquiry Questions

12:50 - 1:00 Portfolio Sneak peek

Readings for Day 1: Monday, June 27th @ AAMP

What are our literacy roots/routes? What have Black women leaders in Philadelphia taught us about our literacy roots/routes?

Key Readings

• Muhammad, G. E. (2020). Cultivating genius: An equity framework for culturally and historically responsive literacy. Scholastic. [Intro + Chapter 1]

• Griffin, F. J. (2021). Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature. W. W. Norton.

• Baker-Rogers, A. M., & Traylor, F. M. (2020). They carried us: The social impact of Philadelphia's Black Women Leaders. Arch Street Press. [Introduction + select a chapter]

• Watch video of authors