TEACHING AND UNDERSTANDING POETRY • HOUSTON

2016 HUMANITIES TEXAS TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

8:45–9:00 a.m. Opening remarks

Michael L. Gillette

Humanities Texas

9:00–9:45 a.m. Teaching Students to Care and Think about Poetry

Cole Hutchinson

The University of Texas at Austin

9:45–10:30 a.m. Why Read a Poem?

Betty Sue Flowers

The University of Texas at Austin

10:45–11:30 a.m. Edgar Allen Poe: “The Raven” Speaks to

Astronomers

Rob Vaughan

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

11:30–12:15 p.m. Teaching the Community Poem: Fostering Young

Writers

Sarah Cortez

1:15–3:30 p.m. Primary source seminars with faculty

THIS WORKSHOP WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES.

WORKSHOPTeaching and Understanding

Poetry

LOCATIONBayou Bend Collection and

Gardens

DATETuesday, December 6, 2016

8:45 a.m.–3:45 p.m.

TEACHING AND UNDERSTANDING POETRY • HOUSTON

2016 HUMANITIES TEXAS TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Workshop was relevant and professionally useful.

Workshop was intellectually stimulating.

Workshop compares favorably with other professional development programs.

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CATHERINE ADAMS, LUFKIN HIGH SCHOOL, LUFKINPATRICE ALPOUGH, JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTONKATY ANDRADE, ANAHUAC HIGH SCHOOL, ANAHUAC

MARIA ARMENTA, SAM RAYBURN HIGH SCHOOL, PASADENARACHEL BOHENICK, CARNEGIE VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON

MELISSA BRAY, ALVIN HIGH SCHOOL, ALVINPERLA CALDERA, WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON

AMANDA CRIPE, APPLE SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, APPLE SPRINGSKIMBERLY DANIELS, VICTORY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTONCHELSEA DEFRANCIS, LIVINGSTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, LIVINGSTON

KATHLEEN DISPENSA, BALL HIGH SCHOOL, GALVESTONMICHELLE DRAKE, REAGAN HIGH SCHOOL, SAN ANTONIOBRANDEE ELLIOTT, ANAHUAC HIGH SCHOOL, ANAHUAC

MARLYNN GARCIA, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, SAN ANTONIOKATHERINE GRAHAM, PORT NECHES-GROVES HIGH SCHOOL, PORT NECHESELIZABETH GRAHAM, VICTORY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON

JANE HALL, WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTONJOAQUIN HANCOCK, ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL, AUSTIN

JEAN MARIE HARRIS, BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ACADEMY AT RYAN, HOUSTONKASEY HENSON, WEST BRAZOS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WEST COLUMBIA

STACEY KING, LOVELADY J H HIGH SCHOOL, LOVELADYAMY KNIERIM, HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL, HALTOM CITY

TANYA MARTINEZ, NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MERCEDESMATTHEW MARTINEZ, BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ACADEMY AT RYAN, HOUSTON

MEGAN MORGAN, LUFKIN HIGH SCHOOL, LUFKINAMBER MOSELEY, LIVINGSTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, LIVINGSTON

KAREN O’DOWD, MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOL, HOUSTONSHEILA POPE, WORTHING HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTONCRYSTAL REPPERT, BALL HIGH SCHOOL, GALVESTON

STEPHANIE RHODES, MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, PORT ARTHURBARBARA RICHARDS, NEEDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, NEEDVILLEKIM ROBINSON, HITCHCOCK HIGH SCHOOL, HITCHCOCK

BREE ROLFE, BOWIE HIGH SCHOOL, AUSTINAPRIL RUBEN, MADISON HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON

DONNA SCHERR, REGION 14 EDUCATION CENTER, ABILENEKACEY SEGURA, LUFKIN HIGH SCHOOL, LUFKIN

DRUE SIELOFF, WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTONSTEVIE SMITH, WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON

JESSICA SMITH, NOLAN RYAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ALVINSHAWNA STEPLOCK, EAST BERNARD HIGH SCHOOL, EAST BERNARD

CHRISTI STRANGE, ALVIN HIGH SCHOOL, ALVINLISA SULLIVAN, LOVELADY J H HIGH SCHOOL, LOVELADY

ROBERT WISE, HAWTHORNE PK-8 ACADEMY, SAN ANTONIO

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