A1 Technology and Literacy Conferences: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How?
Sheraton, Lobby Level, Logans 1
In this session, the Red Cedar Writing Project and the University of Maryland Writing Project will discuss the planning and implementation of their recent local and statewide technology and literacy conferences. More ›

A2 Teacher Retention in Tough Times: What NWP's New-Teacher Initiative Has Taught Us
Sheraton, Lobby Level, Logans 2
Participants will read, write, and talk about how NWP sites that have engaged in the New-Teacher Initiative are contributing to teacher retention and how to leverage this into professional development opportunities in local school districts. More ›

A3 NWP's Book Group Ning
Sheraton, Mezzanine Level, Philadelphia North
Drop in for a chance to join a roundtable discussion with other NWP avid readers and learn how to join the ongoing book discussions in the NWP Book Group Ning. More ›

A4 Tapping Community Resources Through Partnering
Sheraton, Mezzanine Level, Philadelphia South
The Milwaukee and DC Area Writing Projects have established productive partnerships with local museums: in Milwaukee, the Milwaukee Art Museum and in DC, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. More ›

A5 Improving Academic Analysis and Argument: Creating Opportunities for Active Problem-Solving Through Dialogue and Writing
Sheraton, Mezzanine Level, Salon 3
Participants will first collectively define skills necessary for critical thinking and writing in multiple content areas in high school and college. More ›

A6 Negotiating Tenure and Promotion in the University
Sheraton, Mezzanine Level, Salon 4
Writing Project directors from four sites share strategies for getting tenure while directing a writing project site or preparing to direct a site. More ›

A7 Outreach to Tribal Communities
Sheraton, Mezzanine Level, Salon 5
Participants in this session will examine some essential understandings about Indian education and discuss differentiated possibilities for curriculum infusion for both Native and non-Native learners. More ›

A8 Unraveling Special Education—Writing Project Style
Sheraton, Mezzanine Level, Salon 6
How can we support special education students in self-contained and/or general education classrooms? More ›

A9 Rural Poverty: Moving Beyond Ruby Payne
Sheraton, Mezzanine Level, Salon 8
In this session, participants will read and reflect on a range of articles about poverty, especially rural poverty, and discuss the impact of poverty on students and writing instruction. More ›

A10 Youth Literacy Connections: Local Writing Project Sites and 826 National
Sheraton, Mezzanine Level, Salon 9
This session will highlight partnerships between local writing project sites and local chapters of 826 National, a community literacy organization. More ›

A11 Reading the Research: Teaching the New Writing
Sheraton, Mezzanine Level, Salon 10
This Reading the Research session examines the book Teaching the New Writing, which showcases the practices of 16 teachers, many of whom are teacher-consultants from local writing project sites, who have made 21st century composing an integral part of their classroom work. More ›

A12 Reading, Writing, and Teaching the Holocaust
Sheraton, Mezzanine Level, Independence A
In this session, sponsored by the Rural Sites Network, participants will learn more about the Holocaust Educators Network and the work of Holocaust Educators Network minigrant recipients and will think collaboratively about the ways Holocaust education can address current social issues and lead to activism. More ›

A13 Reading the Research: Inquiry as Stance, with Susan Lytle
Sheraton, Mezzanine Level, Independence B
The Teacher Inquiry Communities Network is happy to host a Reading the Research session with Susan Lytle, coauthor of Inquiry as Stance: Practitioner Research for the Next Generation. More ›

A14 Learning Together: A Conversation About the National Writing Project
Sheraton, Mezzanine Level, Independence C
Join Executive Director Sharon J. More ›

A15 Hearing LGBTQ Voices in the Classroom
Sheraton, Mezzanine Level, Independence D
The shift from being passively sympathetic to issues of diversity to becoming actively engaged in promoting understanding goes beyond courage and determination. More ›

A16 The Continued Funding Application and the Annual Review Process
Sheraton, Mezzanine Level, Freedom E
In this session we will take a look at the CFA as a tool for inquiry into the work of a site and explore ways that sites can use the writing of the CFA to support growth and leadership. More ›

A17 Building Reflective Practice: Stories of Coaching and Facilitation in Large Urban Centers
Sheraton, Mezzanine Level, Freedom F
Join us for an interactive session in which teacher-consultants from New York City and Philadelphia share vignettes that bring to life their work with teachers in workshop settings, urban schools, and classrooms. More ›

A18 Writing as Informed Citizens
Sheraton, Mezzanine Level, Freedom G
This workshop will examine high school students' use of multimodal digital tools to clarify their thoughts on issues important to them, collect information, document their inquiry, and publish using the template feature in Google Docs. More ›

A19 Digital Is for English Language Learners
Sheraton, Mezzanine Level, Freedom H
Teacher-consultants from three writing project sites will lead participants in an examination of digital storytelling work composed by teachers to scaffold learning for their English language learner students, as well as digital storytelling work composed by the non-native-English–speaking students themselves. More ›

A20 Developing "Wise Eyes" for Inviting and Examining Writing
Sheraton, Ballroom Level, Liberty Ballroom A
Creating good writing prompts, examining student writing, and providing relevant feedback are hallmarks of ongoing assessment that contributes to student learning. More ›

A21 Connecting Professional Development to Local Context
Sheraton, Ballroom Level, Liberty Ballroom B
This workshop will highlight the professional development experiences and insights of three teacher-consultants whose work at their sites will be featured in a soon-to-be-published NWP monograph. More ›

A22 Uses of Writing in Content Areas
Sheraton, Ballroom Level, Liberty Ballroom C
This workshop takes you into the classrooms of three content area teachers—math, science, and history—to see the variety of ways that writing takes shape in content area classrooms. More ›

A23 Strategic Use of Model Lessons in Inservice Programs  
Sheraton, Ballroom Level, Liberty Ballroom D
Model lessons can be a powerful means of professional development, helping teachers see the changes that are possible in their own classroom. More ›

A24 Special-Focus Network Minigrants Poster Session
Sheraton, Roof, Horizons Rooftop Ballroom
Presenters will share site-based projects that were developed through special-focus network minigrant funds. More ›