HE’E Writing Workshop, Opinion-Editorial Writing: A Platform for Sharing Educator Practice/Expertise with Non-Educators, July 21, 2016, 9:00-11:00am, at The Learning Coalition (Validated Parking at Harbor Court Parking Garage, 66 Queen Street.)
Members have expressed interest in writing training for Op-Eds/Letters to the Editor, and we are pleased to offer the workshop free to HE’E members and participants! Although the workshop targets educators, we encourage community members to join as well, as the skills learned in the workshop are useful for all. We are aiming for a capacity of 20 people (but if there is additional demand, we could accommodate up to 40 people at a different location). We still have spaces available. To register, please click this link here.
Opinion-Editorial Writing: A Platform for Sharing Educator Practice with Non-Educators
According to a recent analysis conducted by ASCD, only 9% of education-related media is created by educators. Why aren’t more educators writing for non-educator audiences? The Opinion-Editorial Writing: A Platform for Sharing Educator Practice with Non-Educators professional learning workshop aims to 1) initiate educator competency development when communicating with non-educators through op-ed writing & 2) develop the confidence of education practitioners to better advocate for and message about their practice.
To that end, the Opinion-Editorial Writing workshop will explore:
- The power of sharing experience and expertise
- Writing with a distinct purpose
- Increasing awareness of audience
- Evaluating effective communication techniques
- The role of organized thinking prior to writing
- Crafting a narrative that matters
Brad Clark, the director of the Kentucky Teacher Fellowship for Hope Street Group, and co-founding board member of the National Blogging Collaborative, along with Christina Torres, contributing writer for Ed Week through The Intersection: Culture and Race in Schools, and a Hope Street Group Hawaii State Teacher Fellow, will lead the learning of the participants of this workshop.