The Olympic Educational Service District 114 and the Puget Sound Writing Consortium (PWSC) are excited to be offering a ten-session professional development institute for K-12 teachers served by OESD beginning in June 2017 and lasting though March 2018. Classes will be held in Bremerton.

The vision of the Puget Sound Writing Consortium is to increase teachers’ capacity to deliver quality instruction, to view themselves as writers, and to engage in research to improve their teaching practice. PSWC balances participants’ development as writers with their growth as teachers of writing.   PSWP trainers are well-versed in writing pedagogy and research-based curriculum. Instructors strive to empower teachers as they offer quality learning opportunities to students who have a range of learning abilities and come from all cultural and economic backgrounds. PSWC directors Janine Brodine and Holly Stein are both former directors of the Puget Sound Writing Project which the University of Washington sponsored for 34 years.

Workshop days include whole group presentations, break-out sessions, writing time, writing groups and quick writes. Participants will have access to a PSWC website with all strategies presented in the workshops.