Click here to download a printable application for the 2010 Summer Institute (PDF).
The Summer Institute is the cornerstone of NVWP’s professional development model. Each year, as many as twenty-five distinguished local teachers attend the intensive five-week institute. These teachers come from public and private schools throughout Northern Virginia and teach all disciplines and grade levels.
History of the Summer Institute
For more than twenty years, the NVWP Summer Institute has been training teachers each summer to be Teacher Consultants. NVWP creates a ripple effect in improving the teaching of writing that moves across all disciplines and grade levels. At the Institute, teachers examine issues in the teaching of writing, present and demonstrate approaches to the teaching of writing, study current and past research in the field, and write in various modes and from different points of view, including a position paper on the teaching of writing.
Institute Details
Locations
The NVWP is holding its Summer Institute at George Mason University in Fairfax and Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown. Both institutes will be run exactly the same. All teachers may choose their site of preference, but we anticipate teachers west of Loudoun and Fauquier counties will prefer to attend at the Lord Fairfax site, and teachers east of Loudoun and Fauquier will come to George Mason. Teachers in Fauquier and Loudoun should select whichever site is more convenient for them.
Dates
The SI runs for one month in the summer, and Fellows attend from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Monday through Thursday. Thursday evening seminars run from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Every Fellow will be required to attend one session on a Friday morning (9:00 am – 1:00 pm) during the week in which that fellow presents.
Credits Earned
Fellows earn six graduate credits in either English or Education and 180 recertification points.
Cost
$1,800.00 (the cost of six hours of graduate tuition at George Mason University). Most schools and/or school districts pay full tuition. Fellows receive a small stipend ($500) for books and travel expenses, paid at the end of the seminar.
NVWP SI Application
To apply, you must send the following:
- Completed application form (scroll to bottom of page for application forms)
- Letter of Intent: one-page letter describing your interest in the Summer Institute and ways you feel the SI can benefit you.
- Two Letters of Recommendation: one from a colleague and one from a supervisor. (These may be mailed separately from the rest of the application.)
Applicants are urged to apply between January and April.
Mail the application form, the one-page letter of intent, and the two letters of recommendation to:
Donald R. Gallehr, Director
NVWP, 3E4 George Mason University
4400 University Dr.
Fairfax, VA 22030
For further information, please call 703-993-1168 or send an email.
Applicants will be invited to interview on an afternoon in March or April at George Mason University after the application has been reviewed. Notification of the NVWP SI Review Board will be sent in May.
The 2009 Summer Institute will run from July 6 to August 6. Applicants may choose from the SI at George Mason University’s Fairfax campus, or the SI at Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown, VA. Applicants are encourage to apply between January and March. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance into the Institute in May. Click here for more details, including a link to a printable Summer Institute Application.