Enhancing Learning in Subject Area Classrooms (ELSAC) is a three-year professional development project offered through the Fox Valley Writing Project and the UW Oshkosh College of Education and Human Services, in partnership with the Appleton Area School District.  This project is supported by a Wisconsin Improving Teacher Quality (ESEA) grant.  ELSAC is currently in its second year and has recently been funded for its third year (2012-13).

 

This presentation, The Art of Annotating: The Pathway to Analytical Reading, is an example of how ELSAC is incorporated into the classroom for professional development. It was created by Monica Jones who is the Social Studies Department Chair at Xavier High School in Appleton, WI.

 

Leadership Team

The ELSAC leadership team includes FVWP teacher leaders and UW Oshkosh faculty members.

Josh Fitch, teacher
Oshkosh Area School District
Summer Institute 2009 participant
Anne Pergolski, teacher
Oshkosh Area School District
Summer Institute 2009 participant
Kara Pezzi, teacher
Appleton Area School District
Summer Institute 2004 participant
Lisa Weiss, literacy coordinator
Neenah Joint School District
Co-director of FVWP
Summer Institute 1998 and 2008 participant
Lori Carrell, professor
Communications
Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
UW Oshkosh
Eric Brunsell, assistant professor
Curriculum and Instruction
College of Education and Human Services
UW Oshkosh
Patricia Scanlan, associate professor
Reading Education
College of Education and Human Services
Co-director of FVWP
UW Oshkosh