Embedded Institute: Lincoln North Star 2012-13

Charity Regennitter, Nebraska Writing Project Author

02/20/2017 Added

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A look at the Nebraska Writing Project Embedded Institute that took place at Lincoln North Star High School during the 2012-2013 school year.

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[00:00:06.772]Lincoln North Star is the newest high school in Lincoln, NE,
[00:00:10.248]coming up on its ten year anniversary.
[00:00:12.783]Among its goals for the 2012-2013 school year
[00:00:16.530]was the intent to improve student achievement in literacy
[00:00:19.335]across the curriculum.
[00:00:20.914]The school values hard work in the classroom - by both students and teachers -
[00:00:24.980]in order to achieve its goals, and recognizes the need to work
[00:00:28.465]outside of the classroom for the sake of success.
[00:00:31.802]The Embedded Institute was well-suited to help achieve this goal.
[00:00:35.552]The North Star Embedded Institute was a unique, 45-hour program
[00:00:39.611]that incorporated three main features of the National Writing Project:
[00:00:43.387]Writing groups for sharing, celebrating, and developing the teachers' own writing;
[00:00:48.355]EQUIPS, for sharing the teachers' expertise, questions, and concerns in their teaching;
[00:00:54.473]and professional inquiry, through selective reading and discussion.
[00:00:58.211]Keeping with Nebraska Writing Project values, the embedded institute believes
[00:01:02.054]that the best teachers of writing are writers themselves.
[00:01:05.111]Teachers worked with other teachers to develop their own writing
[00:01:08.063]and connect the process to their students.
[00:01:10.321]The network of teachers from across the disciplines formed at the institute
[00:01:13.934]creates a place for teachers to draw from collective expertise
[00:01:17.387]and that support benefits the teachers as well as their students.
[00:01:21.271]The Nebraska Writing Project includes teachers from across the curriculum.
[00:01:26.309]Even in math, writing has helped reflection and communication
[00:01:29.063]between students and teachers.
[00:01:31.793]Writing consistently in the embedded institute improves skills
[00:01:35.040]and helps participants make quick connections to the classroom.
[00:01:38.617]Teachers are encouraged to become more active
[00:01:41.139]both in teaching and in their own writing.
[00:01:43.874]The writing process becomes hands-on for everyone, including students.
[00:01:48.129]The Nebraska Writing Project believes that
[00:01:50.280]teachers provide the best instruction for other teachers.
[00:01:53.643]Feedback and presentations foster an open environment
[00:01:56.553]for learning, improvement, and professional connections.
[00:01:59.532]Through meeting in small groups, and as a whole,
[00:02:02.100]the teachers in the embedded institute find a supportive environment
[00:02:05.508]in which they are able to improve their writing with other practicing writers.
[00:02:09.697]At North Star, over 15 teachers representing 5 content areas
[00:02:13.483]including math, special education, and english
[00:02:16.726]participated in the embedded institute.
[00:02:19.090]Overwhelmingly, they argue that they have seen obvious proof
[00:02:22.623]that the modeling of their personal writing benefits students.
[00:02:25.707]With the help of the embedded institute, North Star made steps to meet the goal
[00:02:29.908]to improve student achievement and literacy across the curriculum.
[00:02:33.996]With further support, the Nebraska Writing Project hopes to meet their goal
[00:02:38.114]to bring the embedded institute to as many Nebraska schools as possible.

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