THE LOFT YOUNG WRITER’S PROGRAM PROPOSAL COVER SHEET

Summer 2015 (Please complete one for each proposal)

The 2015 term begins Monday June 15, ends Friday August 14, 2015

No Classes June 30-July 3, 2015

Teaching Artist Name:

Address:

Phone Number:

Email:

If co-taught, 2nd teaching artist’s name, address, and email:

Proposed Class Title: ______

This is a ___ New Proposal ___ A repeat proposal with revisions ___ Repeat

___ A Loft/MCBA Combo class proposal

Age range: ___6–8 yrs ___ 9–11 yrs ___12–14 yrs ___15–17 yrs ___13–17 yrs

This is a proposal for a class in ___fiction ___poetry ___creative nonfiction ___playwriting

___other: ______

Classes for kids and teens are scheduled Monday-Friday only during the summer term.

Please X your preference (x’ing all means you’re flexible and willing to be scheduled anytime):

If you’re interested in teaching a full-day intensive, please circle both 9–noon and 1–4.

___ 9-10:30 a.m. ___ 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. ___1–2:30 p.m. ___ 2:45–4:15 p.m. ____9–noon ____1–4 p.m.

I am NOT available to teach in the following weeks during the summer term, 2015:

I prefer to teach: ____ a one week class ____ a two week class ____a half day (3 hr) class (9 a.m.–noon or 1–4 p.m.)

YOUNG WRITERS’ PROGRAM PROPOSAL FORM, SUMMER 2015

**Please use the following structure to name your proposal**

Last Name First Initial Class Title SY15

1.Your Name (list both names if class is to be co-taught):

2. Your Class Title:

*suggestions for class titles: We know from experience that people scan through titles first. Therefore, clever titles are good, and can help draw, but clarity is better and more important. If you have to decide between a title like “Developing Your Fiction” and “The Frog Doesn’t Know It Lacks a Tail,” even if your class description explains the title, choose the former. Strive for a balance between something that stands out, but that still suggests the content of the class on its own.

3. One paragraph description of your class (200-250 words max, will appear on the Loft’s website):

*suggestions for class descriptions: if you expect a teen to come to class with work already written on the first day, state it in the class description; if they’re expected to show up every day, ready to give verbal or written feedback to their peers on work submitted every week, state it; if you expect that a child has read all 7 Harry Potter books before the first class session, state it; if they’ll be reading excerpts of some really cool writers’ work in class, list it here; if kids will leave class with 10 finished poems ready for a college portfolio, if they can expect to learn the basics of sentence structure or how to construct compelling narrative in short fiction, if they can expect that you’ll read exactly 10 pages of their work and provide written feedback on them, or none at all, state it here. This is the space to share things like learning objectives, goals, outcomes, and expectations—it’s your chance to not only let kids and their parents know what kind of class they’re enrolling in, it’s also your chance to communicate what your goals and expectations are for the class and why a youth or parent might choose your class.

4. An edited version of your class description, 1-3 sentences max. This is the version that will likely end up in the print catalog. It should be an enticing yet concise description of what your class has to offer kids and teens. Expect that both parents and their kids need to be convinced!

5. Brief biography (please use third person, 200 words max):

6. Please list (or cut and paste) your class syllabus here:

7. Please list your reading list (if any, this is optional) here:

8. Please state the learning objectives for the class:

9. Enter or cut and paste a sample in-class writing exercise or class activity:

IF YOU HAVE NOT TAUGHT AT THE LOFT BEFORE (IF YOU HAVE TAUGHT AT THE LOFT BEFORE, YOU CAN SKIP QUESTIONS 10 & 11):

10. Please submit a resume along with this form and the cover sheet, or give a description of prior teaching experience with children, teens, or adults and a statement of why you’d like to teach at the Loft.

11. Please submit a writing sample, 5 pages max, in the genre in which you are applying to teach.

Please turn in this form (including the cover sheet) as ONE single word document, via email, to . Please do not send PDF’s, zip drives, Powerpoints, letters by carrier pigeons, or proposals as interpretive dance pieces or public sculptures—they will not be accepted.