NWP Site Bulletin, December 15, 2009
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THANK YOUR LEGISLATORS; CONGRESS APPROVES FY 2010 FUNDING FOR NWP 末
Congress approved $25.65 million in funding for NWP, an increase of $1.36 million, for FY 2010 this past weekend. Please take a moment before the holidays to thank your legislators for their support of the writing project. Send copies of your emails and any responses that you receive to publicaffairs@nwp.org.
ANNUAL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS FROM PHILADELPHIA 末
More than 1,000 writing project colleagues gathered in Philadelphia for the 2009 NWP Annual Meeting. Watch videos from the meeting, view photographs, read blog posts and tweets, and peruse selected writings from the general session writing prompt.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/09am/highlights.csp
LAST CHANCE TO RESPOND TO NWP ANNUAL MEETING SURVEY 末
We need your feedback about the 2009 NWP Annual Meeting! Using the online survey, please share your experiences and recommendations so that we can tailor future meetings to address your needs. Deadline: DECEMBER 18.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/09am/survey.csp
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CONTINUED FUNDING APPLICATION AND REQUESTED BUDGET DUE JANUARY 8 末
The deadline for all parts of the Continued Funding Application (CFA) is Friday, January 8. Please consider your university's holiday break when planning to get the required signatures. Sites must mail a paper original of each component with original signatures, plus FOUR copies, to the NWP Berkeley office. Sites also must submit electronic copies of selected parts of the CFA via the NWP website during the online submission period, January 4-8. Questions? Contact siteapps@nwp.org or 510-643-7022.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/projects/89
Your 2010-2011 budget request, including core and minigrant funds, must be submitted through NWP's year-round online budget system. Complete one worksheet for your core site budget and one worksheet for each minigrant request. (Submit minigrant application narratives separately.) See details in the CFA Instructions, budget system Help section, or Special-Focus Networks Grants webpage. Deadline: JANUARY 8.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/nwpsites/budget_system.html
APPLY NOW FOR SPECIAL-FOCUS NETWORK MINIGRANTS 末
NWP's special-focus networks (English Language Learners, Rural Sites, Teacher Inquiry Communities, Technology Liaisons, and Urban Sites) offer minigrants to strengthen site work in areas that support the networks' missions. Funds support projects that help sites build leadership capacity, develop or extend inservice and continuity programs, and network with other sites to support student learning and writing. Site directors will be required to enter the budget request in the online budget system this year. Deadline: JANUARY 8.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/programs/sfn/grants.csp
LOCAL SITE RESEARCH INITIATIVE RFP NOW AVAILABLE 末
Sites are invited to submit a proposal to join Cohort VI of the Local Site Research Initiative (LSRI). Funded projects will be supported by the NWP Research Unit over a three-to-four-year period. The goal of LSRI is to develop a body of research that examines local professional development programs that illuminate teacher practices and student achievement in writing across a range of grade levels, schools, and local contexts. Deadline: JANUARY 20.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/projects/95
SITE PROFILE DATA COLLECTION TOOL 末
Collect data year-round to simplify the data entry process next year. Activity worksheets are provided as tools to record the details of activities sponsored by your site. Data collected on these worksheets must be entered online in the NWP site profile system when it opens next year for 2009-2010 data entry. Questions? Contact siteprofile@nwp.org or 503-719-7974.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/nwpsites/site_profile.html
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SPRING MEETING REGISTRATION OPENS TODAY, DECEMBER 15 末
Register online now for the NWP Spring Meeting in Washington, DC, March 25-26. This is your chance to educate Congress about the great work you do. Thursday visits to Congress are followed on Friday by a keynote speech and roundtable discussions. Please join us for an interactive planning session with other participants on Wednesday evening. Registration is required. Deadline: MARCH 12.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/10sm/home.csp
TEACHER FELLOWSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION EVENT 末
The Holocaust Educators Network, in partnership with NWP's Rural Sites Network, offers 24 fellowships for teacher-consultants to attend the Memorial Library Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education in New York City. Open to TCs in the Rural Sites Network and other teachers across NWP who show critical needs, the program is co-sponsored by the Memorial Library, and by Lehman College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Application postmark deadline: JANUARY 15.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/events/453
MAKE PLANS NOW TO ATTEND NATIONAL READING INITIATIVE CONFERENCE 末
Join NWP leaders from around the country to examine the intersections of interesting threads of work related to adolescent literacy and content area learning. What's Next: Possibilities for Literacy and Content Area Learning, March 5-6, in New Orleans, will feature keynote speaker Elizabeth Birr Moje. Registration deadline: JANUARY 22.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/events/407
CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS: URBAN SITES NETWORK CONFERENCE 末
The Urban Sites Network invites you to submit a workshop proposal for the upcoming conference in Portland, Oregon, April 23-24, Writing Across the Margins: Illuminating Urban Voices. The gathering includes a pre-conference event sponsored by the Technology Liaisons Network, workshops, school visits, two writing marathon strands, an Open Mic night, and more, including keynote speaker and renowned poet Patricia Smith at the Saturday plenary session. Workshop proposal deadline: JANUARY 22. Registration deadline: APRIL 2.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/events/422
APPLY NOW FOR RSN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT RETREAT 末
Rural Sites Network (RSN) member-sites are invited to apply to send two experienced site leaders (individuals may also apply) to the 2010 RSN Resource Development Retreat in Arizona, July 22-26. Experienced leaders from sites serving rural schools will gather to craft materials that convey their sites' knowledge about programming and building leadership capacity. Deadline: FEBRUARY 1.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/events/419