MVWP Program Proposal Name:
Program Title: Date:
MVWP Inservice PROGRAM
TALK TO ME II:
Keep Thriving and Surviving.
a writing/discussion workshop
for new teachers
Christine Golden
If you are interested in bringing this program to your school or organization, please contact the MOHAWK VALLEY WRITING PROJECT
Utica College
(315)792-3057
Names and contact info for proposer(s):
Chris Golden / 7117 Coleman Mills Rd, Rome NY 13440 / 315-336-7517 /
Please describe your proposed program in terms of goals and outcomes. What do you hope to accomplish in the program? What artifacts and data do you plan to collect? What outcomes to you hope to achieve? How will you assess those outcomes?
My main goal with my program is to provide untenured teachers with the skills they need to continue to grow professional in the education profession. Many teachers leave the profession in their first five years of teaching. The Utica City School District has a high rate of teacher turnover. I hope to show that through the use of proper support, our teachers will stay with the district and not leave for other districts. With the help of the Teacher Center and Utica Teachers Association, I hope to create an entry and exit survey so we can record why teachers come to Utica and why they leave. Talk to Me will also encourage teachers to use writing to achieve professional and personal development in their first year. I hope that the reflection strategies they learn in the workshop will help them through out their education career.
Please describe the program you propose.
For whom is it intended? / All teachers with 4 years or less experienceWill your program be open to all interested participants or will there be a selection process? / All interested parties, as long as they have less than 4 years experience
Number of sessions? / 13
Length of each session (minutes)? / All sessions are 1 hour, except for the months of September and June. Those sessions are 1½ hours each.
Is this a professional development program, a writers' workshop, a young writers' program, a conference presentation or other? / Professional development program with 15 in-service hours.
What is the purpose of your program? / To provide untenured teachers with a support group for airing concerns and finding solutions to problems throughout the school year. To create a forum where teachers can share techniques from their own classroom.
When and where do you plan to offer your program in terms of time of year, time of day, and location? / Once a month, one hour sessions at the Teacher Center at Proctor High school. The sessions are after school (3:30pm-4:30pm)
Please attach a draft announcement/flyer/registration form for your program. (The Teacher Center will create it. They have a copy of the MVWP logo. I will make sure that they incorporate it.)
Please block out the timing of your program in minutes. If you are planning more than one session, feel free to use more than one page. Use this to show that your program will fulfill National Writing Project principles.
3:00-3:15
3:15-3:45
3:45-4:00 / Writing Prompt/ Discussion of Prompt
Discussion of the monthly topic
(See attached schedule of monthly topics)
Teachers share reflections of the past monthly lessons or daily happenings in the classroom. They will also share and then try out different strategies in the classroom.
EACH SESSION IS BASICALLY THE SAME. THE DISCUSSION WILL CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE MONTH.
This program is a support group for untenured teachers. It is a safe place where they can voice their ideas, strategies, and plans that work or don’t work in the classroom. Each session with include common sharing time, where teachers can plan with each other.
What specific materials will you use in presenting your program?
There are several books that will be used occasionally. I am continually looking for books and articles that can help the un-tenured teachers.
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
Chicken Soup for the Soul Teacher’s Edition
Moments for Teachers by Robert Strand
101 “Answers” for New Teachers and Their Mentors: Effective Teaching tips for the Daily Classroom By Annette L.
What materials will be provided to the participants in your program?
A composition notebook (the reflection journal), a traditional spiral notebook (to record teaching tips and strategies discussed during the workshop) and a folder (to hold articles) bought by Utica Teacher Center.
Teaching Matters by Todd Whitaker/ Beth Whitaker and Motivating Students Who Don't Care: Successful Techniques for Educators (Perfect Paperback) by Allen Mendler. (Bought by MVWP)
These books were chosen because our principal highly recommends it.
I will not know how many people will be participating with this course until September.
What media support (equipment, internet connection, etc.) will be required for your program?
It is basically a discussion and writing group. But we may use the computers and such in the UTC.
Please outline the financial profile of your program.
What fees will participants be charged? / $25.00 (From each payment: $10.00 will go to the UTC and $15.00 will go to the MVWP)How will the fees be funded (out of pocket, district funds, grant funds, etc.?) / The UTC and District will help with purchasing some supplies.
How many hours will you bill the Mohawk Valley Writing Project for your work? / 20
Explain contact hours/credits/inservice hours earned by participants in your program. / The Utica Teacher Center uses the hours to support the mentoring hours that the new teachers must have per state education regulations.
Explain any expenses incurred by your program and how they will be funded. (Include materials, fees, etc.) / I provide refreshments for each session. The Teacher Center will help to pay for these. A composition notebook (the reflection journal), a traditional spiral notebook (to record teaching tips and strategies discussed during the workshop) and a folder (to hold articles).
Teaching Matters by Todd Whitaker/ Beth Whitaker and Motivating Students Who Don't Care: Successful Techniques for Educators (Perfect Paperback) by Allen Mendler. (Bought by MVWP)
These books were chosen because our principal highly recommends it.(The UTC may provide some assistance in the purchase of these books)
Explain any potential partnerships/co-sponsorships between MVWP and other agencies in supporting your program. / The UTC hopes to spread this program to all their schools, to help support their new teachers It is a partnership between UTC and the MVWP.
Do you have any plans to seek outside sponsorship (grants, etc.) to support your program? / I hope to present the program to the Board of Education next year, to get their support.
Please identify all the presenters involved in your program, including their professional roles, their affiliations, and the year they attended Summer Institute. Please provide contact information for each presenter.
Christine Golden TR Proctor High School
7117 Coleman Mills Rd 1203 Hilton Ave
Rome, NY 13440 Utica, NY 13502
315-336-7517 315-368-6400