The Singapore Writing Institute

Overview

ELIS is an Associated International Site of the National Writing Project (NWP), a well-established professional learning experience for teachers in the USA. We are certified to facilitate the Singapore Writing Institute (SWI),  which is modelled on the Invitational Summer Writing Institute of the NWP. SWI is a ten-day professional learning opportunity for you to experience yourself as a writer, in order to become a more effective teacher of writing and representing. With the support of the Singapore Writing Project Team, you will undertake an inquiry that spans one and a half years.

Learning Goals

By the end of SWI, you will be able to:

• demonstrate awareness of the purposes for and the processes of writing and representing;

• develop an understanding of current research and theoretical perspectives regarding writing and representing, and how such an understanding can inform your teaching of writing and representing;

• make informed decisions about your choice of teaching and learner strategies to address the diverse needs of learners as they learn to write and represent;

• consider the use of appropriate formative assessment tools to assess your students’ development in writing and representing;

• design and undertake an inquiry; and

• lead others in learning about writing and representing

Programme Structure

You can look forward to:

• a half-day orientation session to prepare you for SWI;

• a ten-day programme with a blend of:
  − in-person learning sessions;
  − synchronous online learning sessions; and

• four post-SWI sessions to support your application of learning from SWI.

Who may Apply

EL KP, TLs and potential KP/TLs in primary and secondary schools are invited to apply. Applicants should be in a position to influence teaching and learning in their schools.

Those who participate will:

• commit to deepening their understanding of writing and representing processes and be willing to explore their pedagogical practices;

• write and talk about their own practices of writing and representing;

• be reflective, enthusiastic and open to receiving feedback on their writing and representing as well as to giving feedback to others;

• apply what they have learnt in their own classrooms;

• demonstrate teacher leadership by influencing their peers as well as their students to write and represent more effectively; and

• contribute to the learning of the SWI alumni by presenting the learning from their inquiry into the teaching of writing and representing.

Registration

Application details will be available in the ELIS e-Prospectus 2027.

For enquiries, please contact:

Mr Kenneth Yee (Academy Officer/Pedagogy) at kenneth_yee@moe.gov.sg ↗ (opens in new tab)

OR

Mdm Rita Pillai (MTT/EL) at rita_pillai@moe.gov.sg ↗ (opens in new tab).