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An Introduction to John Collins Writing: Improving Student Performance through Writing and Thinking Across the Curriculum (Grades 4-12) - For teachers in all subject areas grades 4 and above, department heads, principals, supervisors, curriculum committee members, and special educators. This is our foundation workshop. It shows teachers in any content area how to use the five types of writing to increase students' understanding and retention of course content while simultaneously increasing student involvement and motivation to learn. Most importantly, this workshop gives teachers the help they need to efficiently and fairly evaluate writing so that students become more skillful as a result of the process. PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN HOW TO...

• Integrate writing into every class without sacrificing the teaching of content

• Use writing to save time during classroom instruction without piles of additional papers to correct

• Utilize writing as a catalyst to enhance the quality of classroom discussions

• Employ the power of "effortful retrieval"

• Empower students to use self-monitoring and peer feedback during the writing process accomplishing more in less time

• Quickly create great writing assignments that promote learning of content and motivate students

• Improve writing skills and content knowledge using the four essential writing assignments

• Implement a portfolio and authentic assessment model that’s manageable

• Use the Five Types of Writing to improve test scores and help achieve "Adequate Yearly Progress"

• Tie it all together integrating workshop content with portfolio and authentic assessment techniques, mastery learning, differentiated instruction and outcomes-based education in today’s classroom.

To register for this event please visit www.elrnr.org.