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MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY
TEACHING WRITING CERTIFICATE
PROGRAM INFORMATION
The Graduate Certificate Program in Teaching Writing is designed to familiarize students with the guiding research, theory, and practice of Writing Studies, a discipline devoted to developing successful pedagogical practices for teaching writing across age, background, and ability. As many new teachers discover when they enter the classroom, English teachers are often under-exposed to theories and practices of writing instruction as part of their graduate or teacher preparatory programs. This certificate program aims to address this gap in teacher preparation at a time when national and state mandates for effective writing instruction are at an all-time high. The curriculum for the program bridges the secondary and college divide, responding to calls for better communication between secondary and college faculty, and greater support for students moving from high school to college.
The program holds the following objectives:
· Students will learn techniques for teaching planning, drafting, revision, and editing
· Students will learn how to conduct one-on-one conferences and implement peer review models in the classroom
· Students will understand and apply various methodologies for teacher research on writing
· Students will explore the challenges of marginalized writers and learn how to facilitate their writing development
· Students will study methods of evaluation and assessment of writing
· Students will gain a foundational understanding of rhetorical theories and their impact on writing techniques and pedagogies
· Students will have the opportunity to design research projects and teaching materials that are in alignment with the Common Core Standards in Writing, as adopted by the state of New Jersey.
Teachers and prospective teachers of middle school, high school, and college are especially invited to apply for this program. For interested school districts, documentation towards professional development hours for program participants is available.
ADMISSIONS
Certificate students should be active participants in our graduate courses, capable of sophisticated reading and thinking.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Application; Non-Refundable $60 Application Fee; Official Transcripts; Essay; One Letter of Recommendation. Please note that additional application materials may be required for students who have completed academic work outside of the U.S. This program has rolling admission.
CURRICULUM
The full curriculum can be found below. To view course descriptions, please visit our website at www.montclair.edu/graduate.
Teaching Writing Certificate:
Required Courses:
Complete for 6 semester hours:
Teaching Writing and the Basic Writer (ENWR-586)
Research in Writing Studies (ENWR-588) or equivalent, as determined by advisement
Electives:
Complete 2 courses for 6 semester hours from the following list:
Teaching Writing Through Literature (ENWR-583)
Graduate Writing Seminar (ENWR-590)
Rhetorical Theories and the Teaching of Writing (ENWR-598)
Seminar in Writing Studies (ENWR-600)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Application/Admissions Information: Program Information:
The Graduate School English Department
College Hall Room 203 Dickson Hall Room 468
1 Normal Ave. 1 Normal Ave.
Montclair, NJ 07043 Montclair, NJ 07043
Voice: (973) 655-5147 Voice: (973) 655-4274
Fax: (973) 655-7869 Fax: (973) 655-7031
E-Mail: Graduate.School@montclair.edu Dr. Jessica Restaino, Graduate Program Coordinator
Website: www.montclair.edu/graduate E-Mail: restainoj@mail.montclair.edu
Website: http://chss.montclair.edu/english/
The ADP Center for Teacher Preparation & Learning Technologies @ Montclair State University Presents:
The 21st Century Teaching Skills Professional Development Certificate Program for Practicing K-12 Educators (Teachers and Administrators are welcome)
The 21st Century Teaching Skills Professional Development Certificate Program for Practicing K-12 Educators (Teachers and Administrators are welcome)
Time to Complete: Five 2-hour after-school workshops during the months of May and June (see topics and dates below)
Cost: $95.00 per teacher for all five workshops
Professional Development Hours: 10
Register online today @ http://adpcenter.ning.com/events/21st-century-teaching-skills-1
About the program: This program is designed to help K-12 educators obtain the skills necessary to incorporate 21st Century teaching skills into your classroom. While we have broken up the skills into five two-hour after school learning sessions, we hope to show that these skills are intertwined and will be developed as an overall skill-set, one that allows you to continue to create innovative 21st century learning experiences for your students that will help increase academic achievement across subject areas and grade levels. We also hope to help educators understand the power of professional learning networks as a resource to continue to learn and evolve even after completing these five professional development workshops. While we do highlight some examples of "Digital Tools and Skills Covered" for each class below, we will also incorporate new concepts that continue to emerge in the digital world of education. The total cost to participate in the five two-hour after-school workshops is *$95.00* and each participant will earn 10 professional development credits as a result of their completion of the program.
Workshop Titles, Descriptions and Dates:
1. Information Overload: *Finding the right web-based tools and resources for teaching and learning can be a daunting task for anyone. Simply goggling a keyword usually provides too many unrelated results and can consume precious time you do not have. This hands-on workshop will show you how to search for and evaluate online educational resources more efficiently while using social networks such as twitter to connect with peers searching for similar content.
*Digital Tools and skills covered:* Google Advanced Search; Custom Search; Twitter, Google Custom Search, Web Directories, Diigo. *
Date, Time and Location of Workshop: *May 23, 2012 4-6pm, ADP Center Room 1143
2. iPlan, iTeach & iAssess (Part One):* Building on the skills developed in our Information Overload workshop, this intensive hands-on learning experience introduces cloud-based tools to collaboratively plan and facilitate instructional activities that integrate engaging digital resources such as video, screencasts, podcasts and flash animations while constructing web-based student assessments that inform future instruction.
*Digital Tools and skills covered:* Google Docs, Google Forms, Youtube, Teachertube, Podomatic, Blogs, Wikis, Jing, Screenr, Rubistar, Quizstar, Google Sites*
Date, Time and Location of Workshop: *May 30, 2012 4-6pm, ADP Center Room 1143
3. iPlan, iTeach & iAssess (Part Two): Building on the skills developed in our Information Overload workshop, this intensive hands-on learning experience introduces cloud-based tools to collaboratively plan and facilitate instructional activities that integrate existing and engaging digital resources such as video, screencasts, podcasts and flash animations while constructing web-based student assessments that inform future instruction.
*Digital Tools and skills covered:* Google Sites, Google Docs, Google Forms, Youtube, Teachertube, Podomatic, Blogs, Wikis, Rubistar, Quizstar*,* TweetPolls*
Date, Time and Location of Workshop: * June 6, 2012 4-6pm, ADP Center Room 1143
4. iCreate, iPublish and iCollaborate (Part One): Screencasting, Skyping, Tweeting, Texting, Mashing and Animating -- what does it all mean? While it may seem like a totally new language, one that many of your students seem to instinctively understand, in this intensive hands-on workshop we will show you how to utilize the power of free web-based tools to collaboratively create and share interactive learning activities with your students and your peers.
*Digital Tools and skills covered:* Skype, Google Sites and Docs, Diigo, Prezi, SlideShare, Animoto PBWorks, Podomatic, Screenr/Jing, VoiceThread, Nota*
Date, Time and Location of Workshop: *June 13, 2012 4-6 pm, ADP Center Room 1143
5. iCreate, iPublish and iCollaborate (Part Two): * Screencasting, Skyping, Tweeting, Texting, Mashing and Animating -- what does it all mean? While it may seem like a totally new language, one that many of your students seem to instinctively understand, in this intensive hands-on workshop we will show you how to ultilize the power of free web-based tools to collaboratively create and share interactive learning activities with your students and your peers.
*Digital Tools and skills covered:* Skype, Google Sites and Docs, Diigo, Prezi, SlideShare, Animoto PBWorks, Podomatic, Screenr/Jing, VoiceThread, Nota*
Date, Time and Location of Workshop: *June 20, 2012 4-6pm, ADP Center Room 1143
Please contact the ADP Center at crc01@mail.montclair.edu or 973-655-5220 if you have any questions about this program.
This graduate "teaching writing" certificate program is offered by full-time English Department faculty who specialize in composition/rhetoric. It has been designed to provide secondary-level classroom teachers with additional grounding in best practices in writing pedagogy and assessment, as well as relevant theories and research about writing. This program is a response to a need articulated many times by classroom teachers--that writing instruction is often an arena in which they find themselves in need of greater support and training.
Here's a link to the program description via the graduate school's website:
http://www.montclair.edu/graduate/programs/certificate/twri.php
For inquiries about the program please click the link above or contact Program Director Jessica Restaino at restainoj@mail.montclair.edu. Further information will also be available at the Open House event on Sunday, 2/26.
