Opportunities for RRVWP Teacher Consultants (TCs)
Winter/Spring 2010
Six Strands of Teacher Continuity

Read about each of the strands or jump to the event schedule below. You may also download a copy of the event schedule by clicking on the link provided. RRVWP Continuity Strand Schedule (pdf)
Contact Pam Fisher (pam.fisher@gfschools.org) for more information.

Teacher as Practitioner
This strand of continuity allows us as teachers to explore a variety of pedagogical
strategies to help our students improve their writing and literacy skills.

Teacher as Reader/Researcher
Teachers who are committed to providing students with an excellent education
continually question their practices and strive to improve their teaching. This
strand of continuity intends that we dig deeper into what happens in learning
situations through professional reading and teacher inquiry.

Teacher as Writer
This strand of continuity encourages us to continue exploring our own skills as
writers and provides us with dedicated time to work on our own writing. Teachers
who require students to write should write!

Teacher as Community Builder
Effective support for writing, teaching, and inquiry can only occur within relationships
of trust. This strand of continuity seeks to develop community among ourselves
as well as encourage us to develop communities of trust in our classrooms.

Teacher as Connected Learner (Technology)
This strand of continuity provides us with information about and practice with new
technologies that can alter the way we and students interact with learning.

Teacher as Activist
As advocates of children and education, this strand of continuity proposes to inform
us of the latest educational issues in the political arena and current legislative
proposals as well as encourage us to make our voices heard in the ongoing struggle
to enact policies that best serve ALL our nation’s children.

Schedule of Events

Feb. 11: Beyond Freewriting: Generating Lots of Text – Kim Donehower
Strand: Teacher as Writer
PRISM Credit
Merrifield Room 10, UND Campus, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Feb. 21: Professional Book Club*
After the End: Put It Into Practice – Brandy Pihlgren
Strand: Teacher as Reader/Researcher

Feb. 25: Google Docs – Scott Conrad
Strand: Teacher as Connected Learner (Technology)
PRISM Credit
Merrifield Room 10, UND Campus, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
*Participants encouraged to bring their laptops

Mar. 7: Professional Book Club*
The Power of Picture Books – Brandy Pihlgren
Strand: Teacher as Reader/Researcher

April 8: Summarizing – Andrea Simon
Strand: Teacher as Practitioner
PRISM Credit
Merrifield Room 10, UND Campus, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

April 22: The Role of Audience in the Writing Process – Kim, Nancy, Pam
Strand: Teacher as Practitioner
PRISM Credit
Merrifield Room 10, UND Campus, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

April TBD: Professional Book Club*
The Power of Picture Books – Brandy Pihlgren
Strand: Teacher as Reader/Researcher

May 2: Professional Book Club*
The Book Whisperer – Brandy Pihlgren
Strand: Teacher as Reader/Researcher

May 6: Introduction to the Summer Institute – Kim, Nancy, Pam
Strand: Teacher as Community Builder
PRISM Credit
Merrifield Room 10, UND Campus, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

*Participants must have read the book in order to participate in the discussions. Contact Brandy Pihlgren for information on the book and discussions: brandy.pihlgren@gfschools.org