Graduate Certificate in Teaching Writing

Become a more effective literacy leader as you work with our award-winning faculty and collaborate with colleagues to develop, implement, and share curriculum and writing strategies that work.

The Graduate Certificate in Teaching Writing is an 18-credit-hour program offered through the Greater Kansas City Writing Project housed in the Department of English at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. The Certificate provides opportunities for teachers – from pre-kindergarten through college -- to write and to examine theory, research, and practice together systematically.

All Greater Kansas City Writing Project courses follow a “teachers teaching teachers” model, address the needs of diverse learners, and promote reflective practice. Our courses are backed by national research confirming significant gains in the writing of students whose teachers participated in Writing Project programs.

Spring Work Day
Saturday, May 5, 2012; 9am - 3pm
215 Pershing
Open to all GKCWP Teacher Consultants

Help us develop and plan upcoming GKCWP programs and enjoy lunch with the 2012 Summer Institute fellows. A morning workshop provided by  KCBancs will include smart pens for participants. Email klinek@umkc.edu to RSVP. Please let us know if you can attend all or just part of the day.

Leadership Retreat
June 14-15, 2012
Location TBA
Open to all GKCWP Teacher Consultants

GKCWP site leaders, inservice facilitators and program planners are invited to attend this retreat designed to help us restructure our site in light of our current funding circumstances. RSVP to klinek@umkc.edu.

2012 ELL/CLD Conference on Nonfiction Writing
Thursday and Friday, June 28-29, 2012
Kansas City Kansas' Public School Central Office and Training Center
2010 N 59th St., KCKS

Open to all educators, pre-k through college! The 2012 ELL/CLD Conference will begin with a Thursday night reception featuring keynote speaker, Norma Mota-Altman, followed by a full-day of conference sessions on Friday.

Benefits of attending:

• Scaffolding reading and writing instruction
• Embedding 21st century skills with Common Core Standards
• Integrating students into mainstream education
• Learning from and with other professionals
• 1 graduate credit available for a reduced rate of $100

Register online by June 8th! Registration fee is $50.

Download the conference flyer to read more about the event and share with your colleagues!

Norma Mota-Altman is an award-winning and acclaimed ESL teacher for over 30 years in the Los Angeles area, Associate Director of the UCLA Writing Project, and the ESL Department Chair at San Gabriel High School .

MWPN Retreat
July 26-27, 2012
Columbia, MO
Open to all GKCWP Teacher Consultants

This year’s retreat will focus on the Missouri Writing Project Network’s contracted work with DESE. Programs will focus on digital writing, professional development for career and tech educators, and Common Core State Standards. If you are interested in this work and can attend the conference, please RSVP to klinek@umkc.edu.

Coming This Summer: GKCWP's Authors' Studio
Click below to learn more about this amazing opportunity for high school writers!