Professional Development on Writing: Challenges and Opportunities Across Spaces and Grade Levels with Drs. Zoi Philippakos, Emily Howell, Charles MacArthur, and the Postsecondary Literacy Group

• In Event: Combined Study Group Session: Postsecondary Literacy Study Group and the Professional Development on Writing Study Group

Session Submission Type: Study Group

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic affected schooling and learning in ways we have yet to determine. Considering teachers’ and students’ transition to online writing instruction, and that teachers’ report being ill-prepared to teach writing, a focus on writing PD is timely and necessary. The purpose of the group is to examine PD on evidence-based practices and discuss online PD applications that can support teachers’ knowledge and instruction across K to 12 grades and in postsecondary settings.

Content Area

• AREA 13. Study Groups

Chair

• Zoi A. Traga Philippakos, University of Tennessee

Presenters

• Zoi A. Traga Philippakos, University of Tennessee

• Emily Smothers Howell, Clemson University

• Charles MacArthur, University of Delaware