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Summer Institute Participants: Pre-Institute Meeting Saturday, April 27, 1:00-4:00pm
Attention Summer Institute participants! Our next mandatory pre-institute meeting will be April 27 in the Orr Center, Room 2024. If you have any questions, contact Sunny.
Young Adult Author CINDA WILLIAMS CHIMA Visit to River Bend!
One of our favorite writers, Cinda Williams Chima, author of The Heir Chronicles and The Seven Realms novels, presented a workshop on "Using Cinematic Techniques to Engage Young Readers" for area teachers and USI teacher education majors at the University of Southern Indiana on Saturday, April 13. Ms. Chima's workshop was followed by a reading and book signing at the Evansville Barnes and Noble. Thank you to everyone who joined us, and thank you to Ms. Chima for making this such a memorable event!
One of our favorite writers, Cinda Williams Chima, author of The Heir Chronicles and The Seven Realms novels, presented a workshop on "Using Cinematic Techniques to Engage Young Readers" for area teachers and USI teacher education majors at the University of Southern Indiana on Saturday, April 13. Ms. Chima's workshop was followed by a reading and book signing at the Evansville Barnes and Noble. Thank you to everyone who joined us, and thank you to Ms. Chima for making this such a memorable event!
Who We Are
Established in 2009, the River Bend Writing Project at the University of Southern Indiana serves educators in all disciplines, at all grade levels, from preschool through college, in Southern Indiana, Northwestern Kentucky, and Southeastern Illinois. The purpose of RBWP is to strengthen writing instruction by having teachers teach teachers. Through research based instruction, we learn and teach others best practices in teaching writing and literacy.
The core of the RBWP is the Summer Institute, an intensive summer program where teachers, again of all grade levels (p-16) and in all subject areas, design and demonstrate writing lessons, discuss current research, and participate in their own personal writing time. Through collaboration and reflection, we are able to not only improve our teaching practices, but to reawaken the writer within.
The River Bend Writing Project currently offers a program of professional development available for schools and districts for a fee. All of our professional development emphasizes research-based instruction that values, in addition to theory, the lived experiences of teachers in the classroom. At River Bend, we believe teachers are our most valuable resource. We hope you will join our network of dedicated, passionate teaching professionals.
The core of the RBWP is the Summer Institute, an intensive summer program where teachers, again of all grade levels (p-16) and in all subject areas, design and demonstrate writing lessons, discuss current research, and participate in their own personal writing time. Through collaboration and reflection, we are able to not only improve our teaching practices, but to reawaken the writer within.
The River Bend Writing Project currently offers a program of professional development available for schools and districts for a fee. All of our professional development emphasizes research-based instruction that values, in addition to theory, the lived experiences of teachers in the classroom. At River Bend, we believe teachers are our most valuable resource. We hope you will join our network of dedicated, passionate teaching professionals.
