SSILTT WORKSHOP

To participate, complete the application

(including the application form, essay, and teacher agreement letter)

by April 15, 2016

Send application packets to:

Dr. Kathleen Alley

SSILTT 2016

310 Allen Hall, Box 9705

Mississippi State, MS 39762

Application paperwork may also be faxed to:

662-325-7857

attn. Dr. Kathleen Alley

The application must be signed by you, but you do not need a school administrator’s signature as this is

work completed during your summer vacation.

Email any questions to:

kalley@colled.msstate.edu

If you need informational resources to support

teaching the Mississippi College and Career

Readiness Standards, then SSILTT 2016 is the workshop for you!

2016

Science and Social Studies

Integrated With Literacy and

Technology for Teachers

Mississippi State University

College of Education

SSILTT 2016 is a

4-week summer

institute that will

provide teachers

grades 6-8 with

strategies and

resources for

integrating literacy

and technology

into science and

social studies

instruction.

Participants in

SSILTT 2016 will receive:

• Resources and methods for teaching students content area literacy, including:

• Comprehension

• Vocabulary

• Writing in the content areas

• Inquiry based learning

• Technology resources for teaching science and social studies:

• Web 2.0 tools to support instruction

• How to teach the digital native

• Ways to increase rigor and relevance

• Understanding MS College and Career Readiness Standards implementation

• $100.00 per day for 22 days

• Approximately $500 worth of informational books for the classroom and CCR professional resources.

Requirements for SSILTT 2016

Participants must:

• Attend the 4-week workshop, 8:30am to 4:30pm, June 1-28, 2016

• Remain in the teaching profession in the 2016-2017 school year

• Be in a literacy, science, or social studies classroom

• Help conduct professional development for colleagues during the 2016-2017 school year pertaining to SSILTT content

• Participate in evaluation of program and collaborate with the project directors on research

Program Facilitators:Kathleen Alley

Manya ChappellStephanie Bennett

Nicole MillerKenneth Anthony