When the Mission Bells Rang Written by CCWP’s PI, Judith Scott in conjunction with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band. This imagined tale envisions how animals and the Amah Mutsun people tried to foil the ringing of the Mission Bells….Continue Reading When the Mission Bells Rang
Judith Scott, CCWP’s PI, receives recognition Our Central California Writing Project Principal Investigator, Professor Emerita Judith Scott – UCSC Education Department, received two acknowledgements of her outstanding contributions to the literacy community this year. In April, she was awarded the 2022 Vocabulary Special Interest Group Notable Vocabulary Researcher Award at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational…Continue Reading CCWP’s PI, Judith Scott Honored
Central California Writing Project Writing Matters! Giving Day November 2, 2022 The Central California Writing Project supports the development of anti-racist and culturally sustaining pedagogies with a focus on writing instruction. We need your help to provide professional learning for pre-K–University educators in Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey Counties, and to support youth in…Continue Reading 2022 Giving Day! CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WRITING PROJECT
Young Writers’ Workshop Creative Writing: Exploring Three Genres: Fantasy, Magical Realism and Realistic Fiction Entering Grades 5 – 8 in Fall 2022 Dates: July 11 – 14 and July 18 – 21, 2022 Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm In this creative writing workshop we will begin by exploring three fiction genres: fantasy, magical realism…Continue Reading Young Writers’ Workshop: Creative Writing: Exploring Three Genres: Fantasy, Magical Realism and Realistic Fiction
World-Building and Character Creation Entering Grades 6 – 8 in Fall 2022 Dates: June 6–10, 2022 Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Do you love to draw and invent characters? Do you imagine strange and wonderful worlds? We will share our characters, their worlds, their allies and their foes. We’ll help one another consider what…Continue Reading Young Writers Workshop: World-Building and Character Creation
Spring Forum Saturday, May 21, 2022 9:30 am – 11:00 am This Saturday, May 21st, MA/C Student Teachers will have the opportunity to attend the Becoming a Reflective Practitioner Spring Forum hosted by CCWP and the MA/C Program. This workshop is designed to prepare Student Teachers to generate ideas for the Becoming an Educator paper,…Continue Reading Becoming a Reflective Practitioner Spring Forum
Re-Imagining Civics Education The UCSC Education Department, the Central California Writing Project, and the History & Civics Project at UC Santa Cruz are excited to invite you to this in-person event on May 7th for K-16 teachers of all disciplines and school administrators. Together, we will reimagine civics in education with a focus on freedom…Continue Reading Civics in Education