Red Cedar Writing Project Toby Kahn-Loftus, Director

RCWP “Top-OF-The-Mitt”
Invitational Summer Hosted By:
“Top-0f-the-Mitt” Application North Central Michigan College
in Petoskey, Michigan.

Each summer, the Red Cedar Writing Project attempts to solicit applications from as diverse a cohort of teachers as
possible. This summer we are pleased to include applicants for our satellite site, RCWP: Top-of-the-Mitt, at North
Central Michigan College in Petoskey. Please provide us with the following information and respond to the
questions below in a separate letter of application. Also, please include a recent resume and one example of a
teaching artifact you have created (e.g., lesson plan, assignment, sample of student work with your responses).

Today’s Date: _____________________________________

Name: _____________________________________ Years of

Teaching
Current School: _____________________________________ Experience: ___________

School Address: _____________________________________ Grade(s)

Currently
_____________________________________ Teaching: ___________

School District: _____________________________________ Subject(s) ___________

Currently ___________
School Phone: _____________________________________ Teaching: ___________

Home Address: _____________________________________ Grade(s)

Previously
_____________________________________ Taught: ___________

Home Phone: _____________________________________ Subject(s) ___________

Previously ___________
Primary Email: _____________________________________ Taught: ___________

Secondary Email: _____________________________________ Are you in a

graduate
Teaching Certif.: ___________________________ Prov. Prof. program? Yes No
If yes, where
Bachelor’s Degree _____________________________________ and what ___________
Subjects/Institution: ___________________________ Date _____ program? ___________

In a brief letter of application (no more than two, single-spaced pages), please respond to the following:
• Describe yourself as a writer and teacher of writing. What kinds of personal and professional writing would
you like to spend time doing during the summer institute?
• Explain an approach to teaching writing that you want to think about with others (one you have tried already
or are planning to pursue). Ideally, connect this explanation to your teaching artifact.
• Discuss why you want to be affiliated with RCWP, a site of the National Writing Project (NWP), and to earn
an internationally recognized credential as an NWP Teacher Consultant.
Please submit this application, along with your letter, resume, and teaching artifact by Friday, April 24, 2009 to
Toby Kahn-Loftus, Director Top-of-the-Mitt, 3741 Marsh Road, East Jordan, MI 49727
Questions? Please email Toby at <tobykahnloftus@gmail.com>, or by phone/voice mail at 231-330-5804

RCWP Top-of-the-Mitt is a site of the National Writing Project, supported through

matching grants from Michigan State University, and hosted by North Central Michigan College in Petoskey