WNYYWStoolsandprotocols

Experts and Writers Who Inspire Us
The WNY Young Writers' Studio is Grounded in the thinking and work of many giants in the field of education. It is by standing on their shoulders that we are able to have a powerful vision of our own. It is by learning from these people that we are able to generate, test, and improve our own ideas. >
 * [|Communities for Learning: Leading Lasting Change]
 * J[|oanne Picone-Zocchia, Giselle Martin-Kniep,] and [|Diane Cunningham]
 * [|Peter Senge]
 * [|Michael Fullan]
 * [|David Coopermire, Lindsay Godwin, and those invested in the practice of Appreciative Inquiry]
 * [|Katherine and Randy Bomer]
 * [|Nancie Atwell], [|Lucy Caulkins], [|Donald Graves], Vicki Spandel
 * [|Anne Lammot], [|Georgia Heard], [|Julia Cameron]

Protocols We Use As Learners and Writers

 * [|The National School Reform Faculty]provides a bounty of protocols for teachers, writers, and learners of all ages. We rely on some of them when we read text, make meaning from our work, and solve problems together.
 * [|Vision: The Most Critical 21st Century Skill]

Processes and Protocols We Use for Visioning Work

 * Exploring the Estate [[file:exploringtheestate.pdf]]
 * Flash Back and Fast Forward [[file:flashbackfastforward.pdf]]

Processes and Protocols We Use to Provide Feedback
> Peer Review Elementary Level:
 * [|Using "Push-Pause" to Coach the Peer Review Process]
 * [|Writer Talk]
 * Peer Review Secondary Level: [[file:Peer_Review.pdf]]

Processes and Protocols We Use for Reflection

 * [|A Simple Adaptation of the Reflective Process]
 * [|Looking In, Looking Out, Looking Up: Helping Writers Identify Their Need]
 * [|Helping Writers Practice Self Advocacy]

Designing and Using High Quality Rubrics
> Dispositions Rubrics:
 * Popular practices are not often best practices. [|A big thank you to Jennifer Borgioli for sharing this resource and helping all of us at Studio learn more about the power of rubrics.]
 * Writer's Craft Rubric: [[file:wnyywsrubric.pdf]]