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Writer as Reader

Writer as Reader: Discovering New Ways into the Text

October 24, 2025
9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Check back soon for workshop offerings! Registration will open this summer. 

Writer as Reader workshops model writing practices that inspire students to read more carefully, grasp meaning in complex texts, and build understanding through collaboration. These workshops invite secondary and college teachers to consider “writing to read” as a central classroom practice. Using diverse writing-to-read strategies, workshop participants explore their individual perspectives, consider what is apparent and what is inferred, and attend to the questions posed by the text.

This year, IWT’s Writer as Reader workshops will be held on Friday, October 24, 2025 on campus at Bard College. The reading lists feature novels, poetry, nonfiction, historical documents, plays, and parables. Each workshop will highlight strategies that foster close reading and help readers develop an appreciation for the connections between different but related texts. Writer as Reader workshops emphasize the pedagogical value of teaching texts that are unfamiliar to students, prompting them to read closely and critically with attentiveness and an open mind. 

IWT can also bring a Writer as Reader workshop to your school. If you are interested, please contact Deputy Director Michelle Hoffman (845-758-7432 or [email protected]) or Program Manager Rebecca Chace (845-758-7544 or [email protected]).

2024 Workshop Descriptions

Registration and Fees

  • Tuition
    Fee: $625
     
    Early-Bird Fee: $550
    The Early-Bird deadline is September 27, 2024. Tuition must be paid in full prior to the workshop.

    Group Discount Fee: $562.50
    10 percent discount for groups of three or more teachers from the same school.

    Early-Bird Group Discount Fee: $495
    10 percent discount for teams of three or more teachers from the same school. All must register by September 27, 2024; tuition must be paid in full prior to the workshop.

    Cancellation policy. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made later than one week before the workshops.
  • Credit and Scholarship Opportunities
    CTLE Credit
    All Bard IWT workshops are Continuing Teacher and Leader Education approved in New York State. A Writer as Reader workshop is 5 CTLE hours. 

    The Teresa Vilardi Scholarship
    IWT welcomes scholarship applications from those studying to become teachers (i.e., those registered in Bard’s MAT Program or another accredited undergraduate or graduate program in education) and in-service teachers with limited professional development funds.

Hear it from our participants

“Thank you for the delight and the joy. Getting to linger in questions and play was rejuvenating!”

—2023 Writer as Reader participant