CSMP

Services We Offer

SJAWP works with schools, administrators, district offices, and other professional development coordinators to bring training to every school as they need it. If you'd like to get in touch with us about how we can help you, your school, or your district, feel free to contact us.

Areas of Expertise

• Writers' Workshop
• Writing with English Learners
• Working with Young Adult Literature
• Reading Resources
• Parent Involvement
• Youth Writing
• Site-Based Progessional Development
• Technology Training
• Literacy Coaching
• Teaching of Writing
• Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum (ERWC)
• Improving Student Academic Writing (ISAW)
• BTSA Support

Teacher Professional Development

Working from a firm belief in the power of classroom tested knowledge, the SJAWP is composed of successful, practicing teachers who have participated in the Invitational Summer Institute. In this intensive five-week program, teachers:

• Read and discuss research on teaching English Language Arts
• Share writing in response groups
• Explore the relationships among writing, reading, thinking and learning in disparate subject areas
• Demonstrate successful teaching practices
• Develop professional leadership roles as practitioners, researchers, writers, and in–service providers

Literacy Development

Participants in the Invitational Summer Institute go on to become project Teacher Consultants (TCs). With these Teacher Consultants, SJAWP works directly with the schools to improve student writing and reading skills by teaching teachers to examine their language arts programs, students' work, and own teaching practices. SJAWP maintains that significant change happens over time rather than offering prepackaged formulas. SJAWP encourages diverse approaches to the teaching of writing.