Jessica Birthisel | June 11, 2010
The institute offers four workshops, including several fundamentals courses for high school journalism instructors seeking certification credit, recertification units or enrichment hours. Indiana University is one of only three schools in the country to offer this journalism certification.
Linda Johnson, who has served as administrative services coordinator for the institute for 23 years, said she, assistant Melanie Mason and HSJI Director Teresa White are completing the finishing touches for the Institute.
“We’re getting ready to fill binders and put together goodie bags,” she said of preparations for the 22 participants who begin arriving Sunday for sessions that continue to June 28.
HSJI draws from an experienced pool of teachers to share pointers with those who want to polish their skills or learn new ones. Jim Lang, an award-winning adviser with nearly two decades of experience, will teach Management of Student Publications. The workshop covers staff selection, motivation, budgeting, working with administration and exploring the latest production tools.
Tony Willis, a decorated teacher and adviser from Carmel, Ind., will teach a workshop entitled Methods of Teaching Journalism. This workshop targets middle and high school journalism teachers and advisers seeking licensure and will review state teaching standards, lesson development, instructional strategies and assessment.
During the second week, June 21-25, University of Florida journalism professors Julie Dodd and Judy Robinson will lead the workshop Multimedia for High School Journalism Educators. This workshop incorporates digital audio and photo collection, orientation to social software such as blogs and wikis, and the use of cloud applications for file sharing and photo editing.
Denise Roberts, a 20-year high school media adviser and 10-year veteran of HSJI, will lead a workshop the second week, Paying for and Promoting Student Media. This workshop covers organizational strategies to facilitate advertising sales, design campaigns and relationships with administrators.
The teacher workshops mark only the beginning of the institute. In July, hundreds of high school students will arrive for their HSJI workshops divided by themes such as yearbook, television news, newspaper, desktop design, business and advertising, online journalism, multimedia and photojournalism. Student sessions run July 5-9, July 11-15 and July 17-21.
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