The 2020 Oklahoma Writing Project Summer Institute will be held full days, June 3-6; 10-13; and 17-21 at the Moore Norman Technology Center-Norman campus 9:00 am-4:00 pm.  Participants will need to arrive around 8:45 am to be able to start promptly at 9:00.    During the summer, there will be one Friday Session on June 21 8:00-11:30 am at MNTC with a fellowship lunch following at a local restaurant.  Finally, all fellows will participate in the OWP 2019 Back-to-School Drive-in Workshop.  Planning is still underway on this date but possible date is Saturday, August 10 from 8:15-12:30 pm at Bryant Elementary School/Moore Public Schools  and the follow-up lunch and anthology signing party at a local restaurant.

2020 OKWP Invitational Summer Institute will be held at the 

Moore-Norman Technology Center

4701 12th Avenue NW  Norman, OK 73069

IMPORTANT DATES AND OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO THE SUMMER INSTITUTE APPLICATION PROCESS AND TO PARTICIPATION IN THE SUMMER INSTITUTE WILL BE RELEASED January 2020.  Please complete this application if you will still like to participate.  

OKWP will email you the specific dates in January and you may withdraw your application if those dates do not work for your Spring/Summer Calendar. 

Application Deadline March 11, 2020.  Applicants invited to interview will receive an appointment sign-up email by March 29, 2019.

Stipend: Up to $1,000 stipend for each participant who complete all the required components of OKWP Summer Institute.  (Only 12 stipends will be awarded.  To receive full stipend, participant will have to complete each item of syllabus as well as be a positive contributor to the group.) 

Interviews

Date: TBD (March) (30 minute appointment time) 

Location: OU Norman Campus, Collings Hall

 

Two OKWP Summer Institute Orientations

Dates: TBD (April/May) 8:30 am- 4:00 pm 

Location: OU Norman Campus, Collings Hall

 

Oklahoma Writing Project Summer Institute

Dates: June 8-11, June 15-18, June 22-25;  

June 26, 8:00 a.m.-1: 30 a.m. followed by  celebratory lunch.

Location: Moore Norman Technology Center, 4701 12th Avenue NW  Norman, OK 73069

*During the institute, Norman campus staff should plan on arriving around 8:30 am and leaving around 4:30 pm. 

 

OKWP Summer Institute Back-to-School Drive-In Conference

Possible Date: TBD (August) 

Possible Location: TBD

 

IMPORTANT:  Start saving your student writing samples now.  You will need student samples for your interview and during the Summer Institute.  Be sure and save high/low ability examples from your writing lessons. Originals are great but copies are fine. 

At the interview, you will bring your professional vita and some of your student writing samples.