South Texas Writing Project

Professional Development

Professional Development Credit

Staff Development Credit
Meeting specific needs:

• Each series is tailored to the District's needs
• Each series addresses participants' grade levels and subject areas.
• Two-to-three hour sessions
• Series of 5 to 10 sessions
• Scheduled across several weeks, weekday or weekend
• Small groups to ensure hands-on learning
• "Teachers teaching teachers": each series is coordinated by an experienced classroom teacher affiliated with Texas A&M International University .

Staff development In-service Credit
Afternoon programs and institutes include:

• Learner-centered instruction
• Creating a responsive learning environment
• Instructional strategies to prepare students for alternative assessment
• Developing students' higher order thinking skills through writing
• Teaching writing as a process
• Writing for different purposes
• Writing for different audiences
• Using peer editing groups
• Assembling and evaluating portfolios
• Using holistic scoring
• Designing rubrics for evaluation
• Grammar strategies that work
• Writing with technology
• Publishing student and teacher writing
• Providing assistance in writing grant proposals to fund staff development.