Registration and Discounts
How to Register
Option 1: Register online with a credit card (link with class description).
- Download the paper registration form: 2026 BAWP Summer Open Program Registration Form (coming soon!) and submit to bawp@berkeley.edu (please do not submit via US mail)
- Groups of 3 or more teachers from one school get a 20% discount! If paying online, discount will be automatically applied. If registering and paying with a school PO, apply discount to total.
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BAWP Summer Programs for Educators are designed for teachers across experience, grade level, and discipline. Courses are facilitated by experienced BAWP teacher leaders, who draw upon their own classroom practice and expertise in the teaching of writing. True to the Writing Project approach, participants are guided through writing experiences and collegial discussions that highlight instructional strategies and examine student writing. By engaging in their own writing, teachers consider what these experiences might mean for their classroom contexts.
BAWP courses support teachers to support their student writers -- increasing enthusiasm for writing, expanding the uses of writing in service of student learning, and building skills. Register today to deepen professional community, strengthen writing instruction, and get inspired!
Teaching Writing in the Secondary Classroom
June 22-26, 2026
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Berkeley Way West, Room 4500, UC Berkeley
Most appropriate for 6th - 12th Grade Teachers
Registration Fees: $275.00
1 CEU available (additional fee, forms provided on the first day)
Register! (link coming soon!)
If you are seeking an opportunity to re-energize your secondary Language Arts classroom,
particularly in the area of writing instruction, this course is for you. The five-day class on the UC Berkeley campus recognizes the inherent challenges of teaching both struggling and advanced writers, often in the same classroom, as well as how AI is changing writing instruction, posing new challenges for educators. Through interactive, hands-on teacher demonstrations, you will experience classroom-tested and research-based approaches to the teaching of writing. You will have a chance to write and share writing in small groups, and this course also provides time and support to generate lessons based on district and/or site-approved curriculum and texts.
M. Clare LePell taught high school English in Castro Valley for 37 years before leaving the classroom in June of 2023. She has been a BAWP Teacher Consultant since 1993. Clare has led many workshops throughout the Bay Area, and has taught BAWP's secondary writing course for multiple summers. She helped kick off BAWP’s 2025 Saturday workshops back in September and co-led PD at Salesian College Preparatory in the fall. In addition, Clare helps facilitate the Presenter and Coaching Network, a group of educators who help BAWP Teacher Consultants fine-tune their presentations.