(This is news that I wrote at our Western Massachusetts Writing Project site and figured it should be shared here, too.)
The first-ever Massachusetts Writing Project Conference took place this past weekend in Worcester and featured three rounds of interesting and exciting workshops from Teacher-Consultants from all four MWP sites (Western Mass, Central Mass, Boston and Buzzards Bay).
Workshops included:
- ESL instruction
- Technology integration
- Writing across the curriculum
- Family writing nights
There were more than 100 people attending the all-day event and keynote speaker was the wonderful Sonia Nieto, who divided her talk up into the difficulties facing teachers today and some enriching stories of teachers who are making a difference in the classrooms and being reflective of their practice.
(Sonia Nieto with Susan Biggs, director of the Mass Writing Project state network, and Gail Gilman, of the Central Mass Writing Project)
Listen in to parts of Sonia’s inspirational speech as she details the work of some of the teachers that she has worked with on two book projects: