Teacher's Institute 2011 - Registration Opens April 15

Arts & Sciences Teachers’ Institute, Summer 2011
For teachers of college-bound students, grades 10, 11, and 12

Learning to Write : Writing to Learn
Problem-based Instruction for Academic Literacy

Wanda Martin, Ph. D., Associate Professor of English

Almost all students coming to the University of New Mexico are required to take one or two semesters of first-year composition. Those courses, which focus on the wide range of reading and writing students will do across the disciplines, often place unexpected demands on students, challenging their sense that, having taken English in high school, they know how to write. What do students need to know about texts and be able to do with writing so they can thrive on the diverse challenges of reading and writing in all the disciplines and in the professional workplace?

As universities re-structure first-year writing programs to support writing across the curriculum, and as an increasing fraction of high school graduates seek college education, students need a broader range of strategies than they often develop in literature-based English courses. These seminars will explore how, without neglecting the curriculum of literary study or other content knowledge, teachers can best help students develop the skills of reading, writing, analysis, and problem-solving that will serve them through and beyond their student years.

Informed by readings from the field of composition studies, we’ll work together to understand the demands of college writing in the 21st century and to devise strategies for teaching the skills of critical reading and analytic writing that provide the basis for learning across the disciplines.

Together, we’ll draft progressive assignment sequences that will help students to
Analyze a rhetorical situation and respond appropriately
Gather and report information and arguments about a topic;
Interpret, evaluate, and respond to information and arguments
Produce documents that communicate clearly and logically in a variety of written genres.

Teachers in disciplines other than English are welcome to apply.

Register online here

To accommodate as many teachers as possible, the seminar will be offered twice.  
Session 1:      Monday, June 6 – Thursday, June 9
Session 2:    Monday, June 13 – Thursday, June 16 

Days and Hours: 
    Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. 

Enrollment in each week-long seminar is limited to twelve participants.
The Teachers’ Institute will pay a $300 stipend to each participant.
The Teachers’ Institute will provide all necessary books and materials, including a parking permit.
The Teachers’ Institute will provide overnight accommodations in UNM housing for participants coming from outside Albuquerque

TO APPLY:

Click this link to visit the online registration page. Complete the registration form and submit.  Be sure to indicate your choice of session.  You’ll receive an e-mail confirming your registration.    
Registration will open April 15; for best consideration, apply by May 20.