WMWP Spring Leadership Institute 2025 Application Form

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This program will meet most Thursdays from 4:30-6:30 in a remote synchronous setting starting on January 30 and run through June 13. We will take breaks as needed for school holidays. There will be a two-day in-person retreat (9-3) at Westfield State University on Thursday, June 26 and Friday, June 27. Participants will present their Teacher Action Research Projects at the Best Practices in Teaching Writing Conference to be held at Westfield State in April 2026. There will be three school-year follow-up meetings during the 2025-26 academic year.

In assembling a cohort of up to 10 teachers for the Spring Leadership Institute, the selection committee will prioritize diversity across gender, language, class, and culture, as well as across disciplines and grade levels.

The process is as follows:

1. Please complete the form below.

2. Applications will be reviewed throughout fall semester on a rolling basis, and applicants should hear quickly.

3. Formal acceptance letters will be e-mailed.

Please supply the following information:

Email *

Last name: *

First name: *

Home address: *

City, State, Zip: *

Best Phone Number: *

Position: *

Teacher

Coach

Administrator

Other:

Grade(s) and Subject(s): *

School and District *

If you are not currently working for a school or district, please indicate your current status.

Please describe the students in your school and district (e.g., socio-economic status, ethnicity, home languages, career goals): *

What degrees and certifications do you currently hold?

Name, Title, and Email Address of Principal or Supervisor: *

School Address: *

Have you ever been officially accepted into a program at Westfield State University? *

No, non-matriculated

Yes. If yes, please check on below.

Inactive student but would like to re-enroll and complete program at WSU

Currently enrolled in another university.

Other:

Participants can select to take the SLI and the Action Research Project for 135 pdps for $750 each.

Participants can select to take the SLI and Action Research course for 6-credits at the rate of $398.00 per credit or $2,388.00 total. If you only want to take the SLI for 3 credits, please let us know, and we can negotiate that.

If you have financial concerns, please reach out, as we can pursue alternative routes for securing funding.

We encourage you to share your plans with your direct supervisor to see if they have the ability to help fund your participation in the SLI.

Are you planning on registering for the SLI for PDP's or for graduate credits? (If you select PDP's, you will have until the start of the SLI to switch to the graduate credit option.) *

135 PDP's at $750.00

3 graduate credits at a cost of $1,194.00 (only for the SLI; the Teacher Action Research course will be billed and paid separately)

Other:

What are your plans for payment? Will your district be assisting in the cost of SLI? *

ESSAY QUESTIONS

We recommend that you draft these responses in a separate document then cut and paste them below.

Given the opportunity to engage in inquiry into your teaching practice, what question(s) or issues related to content-area literacy or literacy instruction would you like to explore? (300-word limit) *

Describe a strategy for teaching writing or a way of using writing as a learning tool that you employ in your classroom and that you would like to explore further. (300-word limit) *

A copy of your responses will be emailed to the address you provided.

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