Writers-in-the-Community Training & Residencies

This course will operate mostly “in the field.” We will spend some weeks discussing pedagogical approaches to teaching creative writing in community settings. We will thereafter train in residence, observing a poetry residency at a local elementary school, with visits to other community settings as well (sites to be determined). We will continue to discuss pedagogy, classroom practices and management, administrator-writer relations, and all other necessary logistical planning throughout the semester. By week 7, students will engage in their own writing residencies in pairs or small teams, working in a community setting of their choosing (K-12 school, shelter, library, etc.).