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ROCHELLE LEE TEACHER AWARD (RLTA)

Every summer, Chicago Public Schools teachers come together to improve

their literacy instructional practices at Rochelle Lee Teacher Award Summer

Institute. Awardees receive access to over 200 hours of teacher-led
professional development, and are given the opportunity to tailor their

experience to gain the resources and techniques that are most applicable to

the needs of their classrooms and students.

During the early stages of switching from in-person to virtual programs, WITS

maintained the quality of Summer Institute workshops and the overall
learning experience for educators. WITS worked with teachers to facilitate

workshops and found innovative ways to present information in engaging

ways online.

This year WITS Summer Institute offered 35 professional development

workshops on topics ranging from SEL in the Literacy Classroom, to using
the Google Suite in Readers and Writers Workshop, to Building Emotional

Literacy Through Conscious Discipline. WITS is responsive to educators

aspiring to improve their practice, and we know the variety of workshops
appeals to teachers who are taking charge of their professional development.

We are proud to say that we were able to keep all planned workshops

through the ever changing uncertainties of a pandemic.

IMAGES FROM SUMMER INSTITUTE

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