Join an inquiry-based professional learning facilitated by Central Utah Writing Project Teacher Fellows in partnership with USBE. Choose your writing-instruction focus, engage in collaborative learning and action research, and receive personalized coaching to implement your plan in your classroom.

This symposium is designed for Utah English Language Arts educators in grades 6-12. The purpose is to support your implementation of effective and evidence-based writing instruction through professional learning that is centered on teacher agency, inquiry, coaching, and reflection.

You will select a strand of focus for your learning at the symposium.

Symposium Details: Dates: May 12 - 13, 2025 Times: 8:00 - 3:30 pm Location: Brigham Young University, Provo, UT Cost: Free! The cost for a substitute for the two days will be paid for by USBE. If you live 75+ miles from BYU, your travel and lodging will be provided.

Participant Expectations: In addition to your attendance at the two days of the symposium, you will be expected to develop and implement a student-facing instructional plan and participate in a coaching cycle based on your symposium strand of focus, inquiry, and learning. You will work in collaboration with a writing fellow coach to develop this plan in virtual one-on-one consultations. The dates of these consultations will be scheduled directly with your assigned coach.

* Pre-implementation meeting with coach (between June to mid August) * During-implementation meeting with coach (mid Aug - mid Oct) * Post-implementation meeting with coach (mid Oct - mid Nov) In December 2025 (date TBD), you will virtually meet with all of the participants in your strand to collectively celebrate and share your learnings and next steps.

Participation in the two-day symposium + full coaching cycle (May - December) = 1.5 USBE credits

APPLICATIONS DUE BY 9:00 AM MST ON FEBRUARY 18, 2025

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