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ALPS Writers
Workshop for Teachers and Students
ACCS teachers and students
worked with the ALPS Writers (www.alpswriters.org)
for two weeks beginning on April 22. Every class participated
in a writing workshop for one hour each day.
WRITERS'
RESPONSIBILITIES:
 ALPS
writers are professional poets, storytellers and fiction
writers with both wide publication and broad teaching experience.
ALPS is dedicated to providing expertise for both students
and teachers on how writers work and how to teach writing
as well as pursue it on an individual basis. They de-mystify
the writing process as well as give each person both instruction
and a context for ongoing writing. While they emphasize
the discipline of the art of writing, they want to have
all in the classroom feel that writing is a positive, vital
and valuable skill for anyone who wishes to attempt it and
persevere in it.
ALPS
writers are willing to:
- teach four classes a day (the same four classes a minimum
of five days).
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assist in editing a magazine of student work produced during
the residency if the sponsor will type and reproduce it.
-
conduct a community reading with students one evening during
the residency.
-
meet with teachers and school staff prior to a residency
if the artist lives within commuting distance.
- conduct either a teacher workshop or hold informal meetings
with teachers during the residency to fine-tune the program,
present additional materials and exercise and help carry
the momentum of the residency on after the writer departs.
publicize
the source of ALPS matching funds for the residency: either
NYS Council on the Arts Arts in Education program, or the
NYS Writers Institute.
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