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W 10/29 - Th 12/4 Apply for tuition fee waivers for PLWP spring graduate courses: ENG/EDU 512 Teaching Writing with Technology or ENG 500 Literature for Adolescents. With the waivers, course fees will be $225 for these three-credit courses which count toward the PLWP Graduate Certificate in the Teaching of Writing.
W 10/29 - W 12/10 Register and submit students' creative writing entries from the Missouri Writing Region for the national 2009 Scholastic Writing Awards Contest. See www.missouriwestern.edu/scholastic for submission information. See info flyer for Missouri teacher incentives and student awards.
Th 10/30 2009 NWP/NCTE Planning Meeting in PLWP Conference Room, Eder 201 at 4 pm.
M 11/3 Portfolio Applications due for Graduate Certificate in the Teaching of Writing and/or the Master of Applied Science in Assessment: Writing Option due. Go to graduate courses or contact PLWP Site Director Jane Frick for submission information.
W 11/5 "Poetry, Prose, Plays, and Pizza!" Wednesday Writer's Workshop meets in Murphy 105: 4:30 - 6:30 PM. MWSU English instructor Meg Thompson leads this poetry session for area teenagers and their teachers, grades seven - 12, interested in submitting entries to this year's Missouri Writing Region Scholastic Writing Awards Contest. The workshop is free, but participants must signup 24 hours in advance by sending an email to scholastic@missouriwestern.edu. See www.missouriwestern.edu/plwp/wwws/ for workshop details.
W 11/12 "Poetry, Prose, Plays, and Pizza!" Wednesday Writer's Workshop meets in Murphy 105: 4:30 - 6:30 PM. MWSU English instructor Dana Andrews leads this script writing session for area teenagers and their teachers, grades seven - 12, interested in submitting entries to this year's Missouri Writing Region Scholastic Writing Awards Contest. The workshop is free, but participants must signup 24 hours in advance by sending an email to scholastic@missouriwestern.edu. See www.missouriwestern.edu/plwp/wwws/ for workshop details.
M 11/17 National Research Study Site Visit: SRI researchers meet with Prairie Lands Writing Project directors and teacher consultant presenters in PLWP Conference Room, Eder 201 2-5 PM.
M 11/17 High School Writing Day "Save the Date" emails out to PLWP high school language arts teachers announcing HSWD on Thursday, March 5, 2009. For information: contact High School Writing Day Co-Chairs Stefanie Lyle or Amy Miller.
W 11/19 "Poetry, Prose, Plays, and Pizza!" Wednesday Writer's Workshop meets in Murphy 105: 4:30 - 6:30 PM. MWSU English instructor Bill Church leads this prose writing session for area teenagers and their teachers, grades seven - 12, interested in submitting entries to this year's Missouri Writing Region Scholastic Writing Awards Contest. The workshop is free, but participants must signup 24 hours in advance by sending an email to scholastic@missouriwestern.edu. See www.missouriwestern.edu/plwp/wwws/ for workshop details.
Th 11/20 - S 11/22 NWP/NCTE annual meetings in San Antonio. Click www.nwp.org for NWP program details and www.ncte.org for NCTE program details. Teacher Consultants representing Prairie Lands at the NWP meeting will be Tom Pankiewicz, Jane Frick, Heidi Mick, Christie Hofmeister, Mary Lee Meyer, Valorie Stokes, and Stacia Studer.
M 12/1 St. Joseph School District Middle School Literacy Academy Follow-up Meeting II meets at Missouri Western in Blum Union, 222, 8:30 - 3:30. Facilitators: Heidi Mick and Terri McAvoy. Contact Heidi Mick, PLWP Professional Development Director, for information.
M 12/1 Summer Youth Writing Camp Planning Meeting, 4 - 6 PM, PLWP Office - Eder 201. Contact Christie Hofmeister, PLWP Program Director, for information.
W 12/3 PLWP Program Planning at Missouri Western, 8:30 - 3:30, PLWP Office - Eder 201. Christie Hofmeister and Terri McAvoy, PLWP program director and co-directors, respectively, meet.
W 12/3 PLWP Leadership Team/Advisory Board Meeting at Missouri Western in Blum Union Hoff Conference Room 218, 5 - 7:30 p.m. Contact Jane Frick, PLWP website Director, for information.
W 12/10 Missouri Writing Region 2009 Scholastic Writing Awards contest entries due. See www.missouriwestern.edu/scholastic for information.
F 1/2/2009 Middle School Writing Academy Follow-up Meeting III meets at Excelsior Springs Middle School, 8:30 - 3:30. Facilitators: Heidi Mick, Kathy Miller, and Stacia Studer. Contact Heidi Mick, PLWP Professional Development Director, for information about this project funded by the NWP's National Research Initiative.
Th 1/9/2009 NWP 2009 Continued Funding Applications due.
S 1/10/2009 Missouri Regional and National Scholastic Adjudication at Missouri Western, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. in Blum 222/223. Prairie Lands is tentatively scheduled to judge Scholastic middle school and high school writing contest entries. Up to 25 teachers and pre-service teachers will be needed to score entries. Sign up online after September 1 to be a rater ($70 or $80 stipend per session).
M 1/12/2009 St. Joseph School District Middle School Literacy Academy Follow-up Meeting III meets at Missouri Western in Blum Union 222, 8:30 - 3:30. Facilitators: Heidi Mick and Terri McAvoy. Contact Heidi Mick, PLWP Professional Development Director, for information.
M 1/12 - 5/4/2009 EDU/ENG 512 Teaching Writing with Technology meets 4:30 - 7:20 PM Mondays, 1/10-5/4/2009 in Murphy Hall 119 (3 credits) with Jane Frick, instructor. Teachers: Apply at www.missouriwestern.edu/plwp/512/ to receive a tuition fee waivers of $465.30, so that your fee for EDU/ENG512 is $225.
T 1/15 - 5/7/2009 ENG 500 Literature for Adolescents meets 4:30-7:20 PM Thursdays in Eder Hall 210: (3 credits), with Mike Cadden, instructor. Teachers: Apply at www.missouriwestern.edu/plwp/500 to receive a tuition fee waiver of $465.30, so that your fee for ENG 500 is $225.
S 1/17/2009 Missouri Regional and National Scholastic Adjudication Scoring at Missouri Western, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. in Blum 222/223. Prairie Lands is tentatively scheduled to judge Scholastic middle school and high school writing contest entries. Up to 25 teachers and pre-service teachers will be needed to score entries. Sign up online after September 1 to be a rater ($70 or $80 stipend per session).
T 1/20/2009 Deadline for submitting applications for the 2009 Prairie Lands Writing Project Invitational Institute. Application information will be available here by Saturday, October 4.
T 1/20/2009 "American Writer: Season II" High School Writing Day program and registration information available online. For information: contact High School Writing Day Co-Chairs Stefanie Lyle or Amy Miller.
W 1/21/2009 PLWP Program Planning at Missouri Western, 8:30-3:30, PLWP Office - Eder 201. Christie Hofmeister and Terri McAvoy, PLWP program director and co-directors, respectively, meet.
S 1/24/2009 Missouri Region Scholastic Writing Winners & Awards Selection Conference at the University of Missouri - Columbia: 303 Townsend Hall, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Contact Amy Lannin, Missouri Region Awards Coordinator, for information.
Th 2/6 - F 2/8/2009 NWP Annual Review of Continued Funding Applications - Berkeley, CA.
M 2/9/2009 St. Joseph School District Middle School Literacy Academy Follow-up Meeting IV meets at Missouri Western in Blum Union, 222, 8:30 - 3:30. Facilitators: Heidi Mick and Terri McAvoy. Contact Heidi Mick, PLWP Professional Development Director, for information.
Th 2/12/2009 Middle School Writing Academy Follow-up Meeting III meets at Excelsior Springs Middle School, 8:30 - 3:30. Facilitators: Heidi Mick, Kathy Miller, and Stacia Studer. Contact Heidi Mick, PLWP Professional Development Director, for information about this project funded by the NWP's National Research Initiative.
F 2/13 Deadline for student/school registrations for "American Writer: Season II" High School Writing Day. For information: contact High School Writing Day Co-Chairs Stefanie Lyle or Amy Miller.
M 2/16 "American Writer: Season II" High School Writing Day steering committee meeting, 9 AM - 12 PM. For information: contact High School Writing Day Co-Chairs Stefanie Lyle or Amy Miller.
Th 2/26 - S 2/28/2009 "Life-Lines" Write to Learn Conference meets at Tan-Tar-A Resort, Osage Beach, MO. 2009 Missouri Writing Region winners and their teachers will be honored on Friday at this year's conference. For program information contact Willy Wood, Conference Coordinator.
Th 3/5/2009 High School Writing Day at Missouri Western. Co-sponsored with the English, Foreign Languages, and Journalism Department, the Student Affiliate of NCTE at MWSU, and the St. Joseph School District. For information: contact High School Writing Day Co-Chairs Stefanie Lyle or Amy Miller.
F 3/13 & S 3/14/2009 Rural Sites Network Conference: "Open Spaces and Small Cites: The Landscape of Rural Education" in Kalamazoo, MI.
S 4/4/2009 2009 Invitational Institute Orientation Day at Missouri Western for Summer Scholars. Contact Tom Pankiewiciz, PLWP Institutes director, for information.
S 5/2/2009 Invitational Institute Demonstration Day at Missouri Western for Summer Scholars. Contact Tom Pankiewiciz, PLWP Institutes director, for information.
F 6/12 & S 6/13/2009 Professional Writing Retreat meets at Conception Abbey, Conception Abbey, MO.
F 6/13/2009 Invitational Institute Research Day at Missouri Western for Summer Scholars. Contact Tom Pankiewiciz, PLWP Institutes director, for information.
M 6/29 - Th 7/23/2009 Invitational Institute Summer Session Meets at Missouri Western, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM. Contact Tom Pankiewiciz, PLWP Institutes director, for information.
S 10/3/2009 Invitational Institute Regroup Meeting at Missouri Western: NWP Certification Completion Day. Contact Tom Pankiewiciz, PLWP Institutes director, for information.
