For those of you familiar with Wavelength, this next item is not about the funny side of our work, it’s about the heart of our work.
We believe passionately in the necessity of teachers to continue growing and to make even the most rigorous professional development experiences enjoyable – especially when the subject matter is not “humorous.”
That’s why Wavelength Plus is excited to take you on an educational journey with two outstanding teachers from the National Writing Project, Phip Ross and Corey Harbaugh, as they participate in a unique and challenging professional development opportunity – a writing workshop centered on the Holocaust. Corey and Phip are participating in the Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education sponsored by the Memorial Library (NY, NY) and the National Writing Project (Berkeley, CA); the goals of this seminar include making best teaching practice connections to the rich and important field of Holocaust studies, and sharing new learning and teaching ideas with teachers across the country. These two teachers have collaborated for years as members of the National Writing Project’s Rural Sites Network, and have a history of rich, exciting, visionary collaboration.
Corey and Phip will be journaling daily on WavelengthPlus.com about their experiences before, during and after the workshop and invite you take the journey with them. You can add your voice to the conversation by posting your ideas, reactions and questions to their entries, in real time.
Their journal entries will focus on three components we believe are universally valuable to educators:
- How to make the most of a professional development opportunity.
- Mining experiences for best practices and identifying useful exercises and tips for clasroom applications.
- The power of new media to amplify educational collaboration and networking.
The final result, we hope, will be rich tapestry of new learning and understanding that enriches the work you do in the classroom and brings us all closer to the heart of our work, and your work in your own classroom.
