Will, I'm definitely interested. Where is KIPP? --Jocelyn On Aug 6, 2008, at 11:14 AM, William Prescott wrote: > Dear PW'ers, > > As some of you may know, I have left the ranks of full-time graduate > students and returned to teaching. > > I am the writing teacher for the entire 5th and 6th grades at KIPP > Reach College Prep, which is a public charter school that serves > largely poor minorities. For the last three years, we've been the > best middle school in Oklahoma according to state test scores. But > writing was never a priority... until now. > > My task is to launch an entire writing department and create the > school's writing curriculum. In short, I am trying to take the PW > approach - regular feedback, high standards, and always writing with > publication in mind - and and make it work with middle schoolers. > > The challenge is class size. There's one of me, and I teach 6 > classes of 35 student a pop. (I'll let you do the math or simply > trust me - it's ugly.) To do this, I need help... and, grant- > willing, I can pay. > > So, if interested please writing back with what you'd consider a > fair wage. $10 hr? $15 hr? What if we pay for your gas? > > The job would essentially be reading student work in front of them, > and offering targeted feedback. I would train you, because fledgling > writers need a little more sugar with criticism than we're used to. > > Again, the grant is only in the early drafting stage, but any > feedback or show of interest would increase the chances of > successfully securing funding. > > Further suggestions are appreciated. So are volunteers. :) > > Keep writing, > > Will Prescott > 5th and 6th grade Writing Teacher > KIPP Reach College Prep > 405-343-4096 > > P.S. Several of our graduating 8th graders are headed off to private > boarding school on full scholarship. In addition, one of those > students also won a $10,000 scholarship from the KIPP foundation. > Here is a link to the 2 minute feature story that aired last week on > KOCO. > > http://www.koco.com/video/17067997/index.html > > And here's a link to KIPP's national office. For more info, on the > school. > > www.kipp.org > > > William D. Prescott > > University of Oklahoma > > office no. 405-325-2710 > > [log in to unmask] >