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Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Who attends Institute workshops? A. Secondary and college teachers from public and independent institutions come together in one, two-day, and weeklong workshops that model the composing process, writing-to-learn practices, classroom strategies, and collaborative learning techniques. Professionals from the fields of medicine, law, and psychology have also attended and enjoyed participating in workshops and conferences. Q. Who teaches Institute workshops? A. The Institute faculty is made up of high school and college teachers from the fields of rhetoric and composition, linguistics, literature, philosophy, history, anthropology, painting and art history. They are attracted to the Institute's teaching community and to the opportunity to explore new approaches to the teaching of writing and to learning through writing. Since 1982, about 125 faculty associates of the Institute have developed its practices, drawing on the best techniques for teaching writing and on contemporary theories of knowledge and language. Q. What workshop options do I have? A. Teachers registering for an Institute workshop can choose from: Q. Which Workshop Should I Take First? A. All Institute workshops are guided by similar principles, and it is possible to learn these in any Institute workshop. Although most workshops have no prerequisites, we encourage teachers to take Writing and Thinking or Writing to Learn first because these workshops most broadly address issues of teaching and learning through writing. Other workshops—Thinking through Narrative, Writing to Read, Writing to Learn Math and Science, Fictions, and Poetry—apply the Institute's principles of writing instruction to particular areas and purposes. Writing and Thinking II is for participants from previous Institute workshops who want to extend, expand and revise writing begun in another workshop and learning from this experience how to guide students in the last step in the process of writing a finished piece. Q. Does The Institute Consult At Schools? A . The Institute offers one to three-day workshops on-site at schools and colleges. Curriculum Supervisors, building principals may initiate planning for an on-site workshop. However, teachers who have participated in one-day, weekend, or weeklong workshops at Bard are especially suited to determining which workshops will be most useful for their colleagues. See more information about consulting. Q. May I Register For More Than One Workshop Per Weekend Or Week? A. No. You may register for only one workshop at a time. Workshops are offered concurrently. One-day workshops consist of three or four 90-minute sessions; weekend workshops consist of seven sequenced sessions, each lasting 90 minutes or two hours; weeklong workshops consist of 15 sequenced sessions. You may register for only one workshop at a time.
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