{"id":2697,"date":"2023-02-09T11:42:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T17:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/?page_id=2697"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:19:08","slug":"summer-institute","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/students\/writing-project\/summer-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Summer Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2023\/02\/summer-institute-750x500-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Summer institute participants work on their writing while enjoying the outdoor scenery at Lynden Sculpture Garden on a sunny day.\" class=\"wp-image-3409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2023\/02\/summer-institute-750x500-1-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2023\/02\/summer-institute-750x500-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Summer Institute will be held at the Lynden Sculpture Garden \u2013 a place that will be sure to spark writing ideas. As a participant, you will engage in extensive writing experiences, reflect on your own writing, be acknowledged for your own expertise as a teacher, and become a leader in the area of writing by developing an in-service presentation. Even if you are unsure of your abilities as a writer or teacher of writing, this professional development opportunity invites you to build your knowledge and confidence through practice, dialogue and community with other teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We invite teachers with any level of experience, in any subject area and in any grade level, pre-K through college, to apply. Space is limited. Notifications of acceptance will begin April 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panthers.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/soe-web\/IQDMc905-I6MSao-fRgAFxfKAdj0olY2ObKAfzF-DbixqCA?e=HoNejP\">2026 Summer Institute Flyer (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-important-dates-and-details\">Important Dates and Details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2026 Dates<\/strong>: We will work flexibly with the needs of the group about meeting times\/dates, but these are the planned dates and maximum time frames:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TIME: 8:30am &#8211; 12:30pm at Lynden Sculpture Garden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>June 22-25th M-Th (4 days)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>June 29-30th M-Tues. (2 days)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 8-9th W-Th (2 days)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 13-16th, M-Th (4 days)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cost<\/strong>: $600 (no credit) or 3 graduate credits at the published 51ÁÔÆæ tuition rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Final Application Deadline: <\/strong>April 15, 2026 (<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/q3zYdqUqC47gDNF5A\">Apply Online<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-application-process\">Application Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This application asks for basic personal and school-related information. There are also two essay questions. Before you begin the form, please compose thoughtful responses to these questions in a word processor so that you can copy-paste them into this form:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Describe an issue in your writing instruction that you would like to investigate. Include a description of the practice as it currently exists and the results that prompted you to question it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Describe yourself as a writer. Please include your accomplishments, challenges and experiences. What do you do well and what would you like to improve?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-buttons--full\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeuT6w5PATbUltQ8fGEO6GWeTyl3Puh0iytCV9tgrAN3jPHgw\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apply Online<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-block-otp-nav \"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-809\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/students\/writing-project\/\">51ÁÔÆæ Writing Project<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/students\/writing-project\/summer-institute\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">2026 Summer Institute<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/students\/writing-project\/summer-camps-for-young-writers\/\">51ÁÔÆæWP Summer Camps for Young Writers<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/students\/writing-project\/conference-on-the-teaching-of-writing\/\">51ÁÔÆæWP Conference on the Teaching of Writing<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/students\/writing-project\/midsummer-writing-meetups\/\">Midsummer Writing Meetups<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/students\/writing-project\/about-nwp-uwmwp\/\">About NWP and 51ÁÔÆæWP<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1287,"featured_media":0,"parent":239,"menu_order":46,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/centered.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-2697","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>School of Education<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The summer institute will be held at the Lynden Sculpture Garden \u2013 a place that will be sure to spark writing ideas. 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