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[|TCWP Wordpress]2012 Invitational Summer Institute: July 9-July 20, 2012  Link to Wordpress Site   Application for the summer institute can be viewed, downloaded, or printed here:

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The core experience of the Third Coast Writing Project is the // invitational summer institute //, a professional development program for successful teachers and administrators from all levels. Based on the National Writing Project model of "//teachers teaching teachers"//, the program features the following elements:
 * Outstanding presenters, including veteran classroom teachers, who model exemplary teaching strategies, and authors, who teach us to become teacher writers;
 * Reading and discussion focused on best classroom practice and current theory and research;
 * A diverse group of teachers from a range of school districts across Southwest Lower Michigan, teaching levels (kindergarten to college), and content areas, focusing on their personal, professional learning goals and collaborating with others doing the same;
 * Time for writing and responding to the writing of others;
 * Coached teaching demonstrations presented by summer institute fellows; and
 * A spirit of fun as new professional friendships grow in a dynamic network of motivated educators.



What Past Participants Have Said about the TCWP Summer Institute

//It blew me away. TCWP is what education should be: supportive, challenging, cooperative, and the cutting edge in educational theory and best practice. It can change your life. //

** Middle school social studies and Spanish teacher **

//I am so excited to start this year with my students and try all the writing experiences I have been thinking about during this institute. I have many more methods, tools, and resources to fall back on now than I had in the past. //

**Lower elementary teacher**

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">More than anything, the institute has deepened my love for this job and all the possibilities it affords. What a wonderful profession: always new beginnings, chances to right the wrongs from the previous years, to improve and grow. No dead ends! I'm excited! //

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">** High school English teacher **