Since 2010, UMass Boston has received funding from the Calderwood Writing Initiative to improve the quality of the teaching of writing in Boston area schools through two major programs that constitute this collaborative work

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University of Massachusetts BostonScholarWorks at UMass BostonOffice of Community Partnerships Posters Office of Community Partnerships4-2-2014Calderwood Writing InitiativeCharlestown High SchoolAnother Course to CollegeSnowden International SchoolDenise PatmonUniversity of Massachusetts Boston, Denise.Patmon@umb.eduFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.umb.edu/ocp_postersPart of the Community Engagement Commons, and the Elementary and Middle and SecondaryEducation Administration CommonsThis Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by the Office of Community Partnerships at ScholarWorks at UMass Boston. It has beenaccepted for inclusion in Office of Community Partnerships Posters by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at UMass Boston. For moreinformation, please contact library.uasc@umb.edu.Recommended CitationCharlestown High School; Another Course to College; Snowden International School; and Patmon, Denise, "Calderwood WritingInitiative" (2014). Office of Community Partnerships Posters. Paper 226.http://scholarworks.umb.edu/ocp_posters/226Program Overview  Since 2010, UMass Boston has received funding from the Calderwood Writing Initiative to improve the quality of the teaching of writing in Boston area schools through two major programs that constitute this collaborative work.  The Calderwood Fellowship in Writing Instruction  These two-part graduate level courses are designed to equip teachers at all grade levels and academic disciplines with knowledge and skills to effectively teach writing, particularly expository writing. The courses provide teachers with opportunities to study research, to read composition theory, to question and investigate the current instructional practices and current trends in the teaching of writing to all students. The Fellowship is a competitive process open to teachers K-12+ from schools in the Greater Boston area. Selected Calderwood Teaching Fellows take an inquiry stance to develop a classroom-based research study, which they subsequently explore throughout the school year.   The Calderwood/UMass Boston Writing Center   This program seeks to improve student writing and its instruction by creating structures, shared discourse, processes and activities focused on the personal craft and academic uses of writing. The grant funds three  Boston Public Schools writing centers at Charlestown High School (CHS), Another Course to College (ACC), Snowden International School. Trained UMass Boston tutors who are enrolled in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) Teacher Licensure program are deployed to work with students and teachers at the writing centers. The Writing Center Coordinator organizes and oversees the trained tutors’ schedules in the school so that the tutors can best guide students to effectively compose and revise their writing, fulfill their academic assignments and master written language for themselves and their school subjects.    Writing Centers are established with partner high schools where headmasters, administrators, and teachers are eager to engage in the improvement of students’ writing abilities through the school-wide use of the writing center. Each proposal must include a letter from the school headmaster that discusses the school’s reasons for choosing to partner with Calderwood UMass Boston Writing Center Initiative, the possible impact the Writing Center will have on the academic climate of the school, and the resources that the school will contribute to support the Writing Center program.  Reciprocity   • Tutoring in the Calderwood UMass Boston Writing Centers becomes a paid pre-practicum for students working towards accumulating 75 pre-practicum hours in a secondary school setting. • Tutors and writing center coordinators along with Dr. Patmon take an inquiry stance about the work they are doing. • Cadre of teachers who bring their students to the writing centers are provided with additional support for struggling student writers.  School Involvement • Institutionalization by schools • Contribution to text “Writing Centers in Urban Schools” - Denise Patmon author/editor, with contributions from tutors, teachers, and foundation officer • Professional Development for Teachers – Inquiry Stance for the Integration of Writing Center in One’s High School • Call for Proposals for New Writing Center Sites • Establishment of Writing Center Network in the Greater Boston Area for High Schools/Secondary Schools Next Steps http://calderwoodwritinginitiative.org  2011 – University of Hildesheim, Germany “Writing Centers at High Schools in U.S.A.” (Dr. Patmon and 2 Calderwood UMASS Boston Tutors)  2012 – NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Annual Convention “Teacher Research & Co-Research to Improve Student Writing and Build Professional Development Communities” (Dr. Patmon, Dr. Gordon, 3 Calderwood Teachers as Writers Fellows – Cohort 2)  2013 - Universite Paris – Est Cretil, France “Teaching Writing and Whole School Change to Teach All Students” – U.S. Context/The Value of Teacher Inquiry in the Teaching of Writing (Dr. Patmon and Dr. Gordon, retired Boston Public School Teacher) Making Our Work Public Another Course to College High School Lisa Gilbert-Smith, Headmaster Pata Dibinga, Writing Center Coordinator  UMass BostonTutors – Pratna Kem, Ryan Plasko, Carl Sidney Oliver  The Muriel Snowden International School at Copley Cara Livermore, Headmaster Brendan Roach, Writing Center Coordinator  UMass Boston Tutors – Benjamin DeCoste, Arielle Gray, Sarah Lynch, Sarah Williams  Charlestown High School  William Thomas, Headmaster Helaine Sanches, Writing Center Coordinator  UMass Boston Tutors – Sarah Abdalla, Obie Abo-Sido, Lourdes Albarracin, Arielle Gray, Nick Wood Partnership Information The number of students using ACC and CHS Writing has steadily increased over the past three years:  2010-2011 = 2,081  2011-2012 = 2,598 2012-2013 = 2,903  Three UMass tutors have been offered full-time teaching positions at schools where they tutored after successfully completing their student teaching.  “Calderwood UMass Boston pre-service teachers arrive equipped to help students achieve.  They have solid theoretical knowledge and practical application strategies that work.” – Writing Center Coordinator   “The opportunity to do focused thinking in an intentionally collaborative environment was a gift in the middle of summer.” - Calderwood Teachers as Writers Fellow Impacts Calderwood Writing Initiative Charlestown High School, Another Course to College (ACC), Snowden International School  Denise Patmon, PhD - College of Education and Human Development 

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