SEED Grant Awarded to Washington Institute

The Fox Valley Writing Project in partnership with Washington Elementary School in Oshkosh was awarded a $20,000 SEED Grant (Supporting Effective Educator Development) from the National Writing Project and the U.S. Department of Education to provide professional development for all K-5 teachers in the school.  The focus of this work, which was identified in collaboration with the Washington faculty, is to develop teachers’ instructional expertise in teaching persuasive or evidenced-based argument, and explanatory writing.  Both of these genres are regularly found in the Common Core State Standards for Literacy, which have been adopted by the State of Wisconsin. The FVWP Leadership Team providing this year-long professional develop includes Nichole Ponzer (Read Elementary, OASD); Greg Kehring (Green Meadow Elementary, OASD); and Amy Sippert (Merrill Elementary, OASD).