Check out our Saturday sessions!

Please know that the Saturday, March 11, session has been canceled. 

Step-by-step registration instructions here. 

For details, click on the flyer below:

Watch MWP Teacher Consultant Molly Vasich’s Students Perform at the Third Place Gallery!

We invite you for an evening of poetry that celebrates a new generation of writers! Washburn High’s Black Voices is an English class centered on turning the mic to the students using black literature to dive and dig deep into poetry and social politic. Recently featured in Educator Innovator, this partnership between Molly Vasich (MWP ISI 2015) and TruArtSpeaks is funded through the National Writing Project's LRNG Grant.

Come join us for a night of spoken word poetry as we hear from young people writing new worlds into the future!

January 24th 6-8p

The Third Place Gallery

730 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407

Attend the 2017 Open Institute on Writing for Social Justice

To take the Open Institute, register for Curriculum and Instruction (CI) course number 5465. Registration information is found at this link. 

Writing Process and Thematic Inquiry: Writing for Social Justice

3 Credits

WHO?

Teachers in all grade levels, content areas, and experience levels

We encourage experienced social justice educators and those new to the theme to join us! Past Invitational Summer and Open Institute participants are welcome, as are both degree and non-degree seeking students.

WHEN?

Monday-Friday, June 19-23; Monday, June 26; Thursday June 29

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

WHERE?

Nicholson Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis East Bank Campus

WRITING

You will reflect on your own writing processes as you write, share your writing, and participate in a community of writers. Writing groups will meet several times during the week.

TEACHING

You will consider the theory and practice of writing instruction that helps students achieve their potential as writers and change agents.

LEARNING

You will examine a current literacy issue related to the course theme: Writing for Social Justice. Course texts include Linda Christensen's Reading, Writing, and Rising Up and Teaching for Joy and Justice.

For more information on how to register for the Open Institute, contact Steph Rollag Yoon at sry@umn.edu