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Teachers As Writers, Learners, and Leaders

Participants in the Oxbow Writing Project join a passionate cohort of teachers empowered to improve their teaching of writing and the use of writing at all grade levels and across all content areas. Their desire to expand their personal writing life as well as their skills as a teacher of writing are supported through an intensive summer institute, monthly writing workshops, retreats, and conferences.

Participation in the Oxbow Writing Projects includes a 3-week summer institute on UNO’s campus that meets for approximately four hours per day. Teachers and administrators (K to Post Secondary) come together to share teaching practices, read and discuss current research, and deepen understandings of the role of literacy as a powerful force for learning.

Participants come away with new ideas for teaching writing, a better understanding of who they are as a writer, and a new community of like-minded passionate teachers to support them as they move into the school year.

You should consider applying to Oxbow if…

  • You have always wanted time set aside to write
  • You have a teaching question/problem you want to explore
  • You want to expand your skills in the classroom
  • You want to become a leader on your campus and in your community
  • You want to network with other teachers
  • You want to reinvigorate your teaching practice
  • You are in the process of getting additional credit or your master's degree

The Summer 2025 Institute will take place in July. It will start on July 7 and go through July 24. Class will meet Monday-Thursday from 8:30 am - 12:15 pm.

For more information or to be added to the email list for updates on class dates and times, please contact Jillian Quandt at jillianquandt@unomaha.edu.

Highlights from Previous Summer Institutes

Most summers, 10 to 12 teachers come together for the institute. They each share their best practices for teaching writing including lesson plans, assignments, and in-class exercises. They spend personal writing time journaling, writing poetry, novels, letters, and essays.

Teaching demonstrations include topics such as how to incorporate nature and nature writing in the classroom, how to teach grammar so that it sticks, and how to value different identities in the classroom.

"Oxbow made me feel valued as a writer and as an educator. It empowered me to revamp my personal writing and my curriculum." — Jill Quandt, recent participant

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  • Jody Keisner receives Nebraska Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
  • UNO English Alum Earns Nebraska English Teacher of the Year Award

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