COURSE OVERVIEW
Active Learning for Writing Across Disciplines
Many teachers feel underprepared to teach academic writing – especially to English learners.
Once you're in the classroom, you know it takes more than that to adequately prepare your students. That's where Active Learning for Writing Across Disciplines will help!
15 PD HOURS | $275.00
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Learning Objectives
- Explore how to break writing down into manageable, logical steps for all students;
- Incorporate the Teaching & Learning Cycle into your writing instruction; and
- Examine best practices and strategies for developing writing and moving students along the writing proficiency continuum.
Course Features
- Self-Paced: Flexible learning components for you can work on at times that are most convenient to you.Â
- 15 Professional Development Hours upon successful completion
- Practical Application activities for you to apply course strategies and tools
- Eligible for 1 graduate credit with an additional fee of $75 paid to UMass Global
About the Instructor
Ruslana Westerlund
Ruslana Westerlund, Ed.D., has a Master’s in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Bohdan Khmelnytskiy Cherkassy National University and Doctorate in Education.  She is an associate researcher in WIDA’s Research and Development Division. Previously, Ruslana worked as an ELD Specialist at K-12, teacher preparation programs at undergraduate and graduate levels, and served as an ELD and refugee student specialist at the Minnesota Department of Education. She is also an adjunct faculty member teaching courses in the ESL/bilingual licensure programs in several universities. Ruslana is a course developer for ELP.
Learn more about Ruslana's courseRuslana has been actively researching writing development and instruction for a well-known university program for years. She's tried it all and knows what works.
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