Prairie Lands Writing Project held
an Opinion Writing Boot Camp for teachers from Mark Twain Elementary School and
Pickett Elementary School at Missouri Western, July 22-24. Christie
Leigan, PLWP co-director and Hall first-grade teacher, and Mya Mikkelsen,
Prairie Lands teacher consultant and instructional coach at Eugene Field and
Pershing Elementary Schools, facilitated the three-day workshop for twenty-two
teachers.
Prairie Lands' i3 College Ready
Writers Program consultants met at Missouri Western on July 16 to plan two-day
launches at Braymer for the Braymer and Breckenridge school districts faculty
on August 5-6 and for the Hamilton faculty on August 12-13. These launch session will introduce the program
and provide teachers from all content areas with ways to embed writing
activities in their classes. Dr. Jane Frick, program manager, Kathy Miller and
Tom Pankiewicz, program facilitators led the meeting. Valorie Stokes, Platte
Country High School; Heidi Mick, Platte County High School; Michele Irby,
Orrick High School; Amy Miller, Benton High School; Janet Jelavich, retired
from Maryville High School; Sara Capra, Park Hill High School, and Lynn
Tushaus, retired from Savannah Middle School participated. Several of
these teachers will also present at the two launch sessions. Incoming
director Susan Martens joined the think tank team for lunch.
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