CPITS is the nation’s largest writers-in-residence program that has cultivated children’s creativity through poetry for more than 40 years.

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• POET-in-CLASSROOM RESIDENCIES with schools throughout California
• CPITS instruction incorporates age-appropriate California Curriculum Standards. For
       more information, please contact your local poet teacher or email the CPITS office."
• PUBLICATIONS of poems by students, poet-teachers and classroom  teachers
• Formal TRAINING program for poets to become teachers.
• Year-round PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT and mentoring events for poet teachers
• Enhanced LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM design and staff development for schools
• Annual symposiums, poetry readings, benefits and other LITERARY NETWORKING
       opportunities open to the public
• A COMMUNITY FOR ALL who enjoy writing, reading, poetry, and literature in general

 

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