Teaching of Writing Certificate
Courses
Required (3 courses):
- BWPEDU501 Teacher As Writer
- Teachers of writing need to first be writers themselves. In this course teachers write and meet in response groups to give and receive feedback for revision. Reflecting on their ownexperiences as writers, participants then develop new approaches for teaching and conferring with student writers.
- EDCG621 Teaching Writing in the K-12 Classroom
- This course deals with the teaching of writing, the teacher as writer, and the interactions between reading and writing. Readings and presentations offer up-to-date information, theory, and practical techniques for teaching reading and writing in all subject areas. Students meet regularly in reader-writer response groups to work on their own writing and to respond to one another's writing about reading. There are a number of guest lecture-demonstrations by elementary and secondary teachers who are teacher/consultants with the Boston Writing Project. The course combines writing process theory with practical methods.
Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor except in the following cases: MEd w/Initial - Elementary: EDC G 603, 606, 630, and 644, or in (sub)plans MEd w/Prof - Elem-Mid-Second, Post-Mast Cert w/Prof - Elem-Mid-Seond, or MEd w/Initial or Prof Licensure. - EDCG689 Teacher Research
- The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the methodology and methods of teacher research. Teacher research is characterized by a careful documentation and analysis of teaching practice over time. Participants ask critical questions, analyze methods, and develop a teacher-research project. This course lays the groundwork for the professional licensure clinical experience.
Electives (6 choices):
- BWPEDU510 Writing in the Content Areas
- This course is designed to address teachers’ growing need to teach writing in specific disciplines. Participants will examine developmental learning theory connecting writing and learning, improve their own writing skills, and learn effective practices for teaching writing. Through journals, writing prompts, and reader response methods, participants will integrate theories with practice. They will examine assessment and evaluation methods for measuring students’ progress. Applying their knowledge of the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, they will work on interdisiciplinary teams to design units of study that reflect the needs of their school contexts and state standards.
- BWPEDU530 Teaching and Writing Poetry K-12
- This workshop course allows teachers to expand their knowledge of poetry and its classroom applications. It incorporates ongoing writing response groups where participants write poetry and explore new themes, forms, strategies and models. Teachers will consider how critical theories translate into classroom practice and how developmental theory applies to grade level expectations. They will become familiar with a wide range of multicultural poems and poets for ages K-adult.
- Creating a Balanced Literacy Program
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- Teachers Writing for Publication
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- Literacy Internship
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- Teaching Reading and Writing with Second Language Learners
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