Patton Teacher at Temple!

Dr. Joseph Haviland, a Temple University associate professor of Teaching/Learning in the Education Department, has reached out to 8th grade teacher Brian Kelley to speak to undergraduate and graduate education students about the teaching of writing. Specifically, Dr. Haviland asked the Patton teacher to talk about the influence of Nanci Atwell's In the Middle on his classroom. Mr. Kelley will lead a mini-lesson of the writer's workshop method and then will field questions from the students and faculty. Atwell's research-based and evidence-based methods stress the importance of developing student choice, conferring with students on a daily basis, and taking the approach of teacher as mentor. Mr. Kelley will be sharing his classroom experiences with Temple University on March 31st.