Saturday, January 31, 2015

Telling Our Stories/Raising Our Voices: From Anecdote to Action
An Eastern Michigan Writing Project Summer Institute
July 20-22, 2015
9am – 3pm each day


Cathy Fleischer, EMWP co-director

Sadly, the ongoing conversation about school reform too often leaves out the voices of teachers—those who are most intimately acquainted with the day-to-day issues that impact students and their learning. We believe that these voices are essential ones for policy makers to hear, but we recognize as well the pressures on teachers to remain silent.

How can teachers safely enter the conversation? In this workshop, we’ll help you become part of that conversation as you learn how to develop your personal stories into a more public narrative, starting from anecdotes and building toward an action plan. By the end of day 3, you should have an action plan to take back to your classroom and school.

The workshop is facilitated by Dr. Cathy Fleischer, EMWP co-director and author of Teachers Organizing for Change. Applications will be sent to all EMWP Teacher Consultants in February. For more information, contact Cathy at cathy.fleischer@emich.edu.

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