stella2.0 workshop 2 | English teachers as writers 20 Jan 2016 How about you start this workshop? And proceed to outline the schedule for today. 20 Jan 2016

today Welcome; Respond on the forum (5-5.25) Outline and framing for workshop 2 (5.25-5.45) ‘English teachers as writers’: discussing the reading (5.45-6.15) BREAK (approx. 6.15-6.30) Writing time (6.30-7.30) Sharing our writing (7.30-7.50) Looking forward to workshop 3 (7.50-8pm) SB

responding to forum posts from workshop 1 You can access the forum at: forum.stella2.org SB invite people to read the forum posts from w’shop 1 and respond to at least one of these?

English teachers writing? The diverse ways in which English teachers are required to write in their everyday work, which might be crudely categorised as ‘utilitarian’ The writing that English teachers choose to do that goes beyond merely utilitarian forms and tasks The writing that falls on, or around, the boundary separating these two notions GP to speak to this slide

Four traditions of writing in English teaching? Teacher writing to improve student writing Writing as a form of inquiry, often initiated by the teacher (action research etc), which may or may not be explicitly connected to the teaching of writing Writing as a form of advocacy - in the public sphere but also within the profession Writing as/for identity development GP to take this one. Explaining these traditions in general terms

1. Teacher writing to improve student writing SB to speak to next slides about the particular examples of texts published early on and in more recent times 1987

2. Writing as a form of inquiry, often initiated by the teacher (action research, narrative inquiry, critical autobiography etc) SB 1971

3. Writing as a form of advocacy - in the public sphere but also within the profession 2007 SB. Maybe also include the cover of the Advocacy issue of Idiom that you edited with Natalie and 2011

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Anne Whitney video is linked to the NWP image. GP to introduce Anne.

Small group chat on readings: English teachers as writers What writing do you do in your everyday professional life? How do you (or others) use that writing? Do you write for, or with, your students or colleagues? What possibilities are there for this writing and what constraints? How do you see writing in relation to your sense of yourself as an English educator? How have you used writing for your professional growth and/or learning? SB to introduce

A break … and then into the writing

Sharing writing GP and SB

Finally … Posting and responding on the stella2.0 forum Next workshop: Wed 24 Feb SB