Redwood Writing Project Partnerships

This past year, RWP Teacher Consultant and Professional Development Director Anne Hartline has worked with several schools in Southern Humboldt to provide support for literacy instruction, particularly support for team teaching, reading assessment,  and the implementation  of the English Language Arts/English Language Development Curriculum Framework. 

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Recently, RWP Teacher Consultant Maureen "Mo" Taylor has partnered with Orick School to provide support for the development of a literacy plan for grades K-8.    Mo brought her expertise to Orick School to discuss effective use of available literacy materials and implementing new materials and methods; to conduct observations, followed by discussion and debriefing; to model lessons; to support team teaching; and to providing ongoing support for implementation of the English Language Arts/English Language Development Curriculum Framework . 

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Redwood Writing Project Teacher Consultant Danielle Witten will present a session at CATE in November. This session is a timely workshop that addresses the skin of reading texts critically, interrogating them for elements of colonial mindsets and erasure that distort Indigenous peoples and histories. This session will begin with an overview of how Danielle developed a tool (based on the work of Deborah Appleman) for examining texts through an Indigenous lens. However, our reading should not stop there; an essential action is praxis – taking steps to combat erasure and surface the silences in texts by surfacing and incorporating Indigenous voices, histories, and perspectives. Attendees will have hands-on time to practice using the tool, as well as an opportunity to explore a unit plan and rich resources.

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