NWP Site Bulletin, January 15, 2010
STAY TUNED FOR INFORMATION ON NWP FUNDING 末
This year we will once again seek support from members of Congress for a "Dear Colleague" letter that recommends funding for NWP. The time frame is determined by several factors, including the release of the President's budget for FY 2011 and congressional committee recommendations. In the next few months, we will contact site leaders with information about how senators and representatives can sign the NWP Dear Colleague letter. Please stay tuned! Send questions to publicaffairs@nwp.org.
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DEADLINE TODAY FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION EVENT FELLOWSHIPS 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
LOCAL SITE RESEARCH INITIATIVE DEADLINE APPROACHING 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
REGISTER BY JANUARY 22 FOR 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
LAST 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. Registration deadline: APRIL 2. Workshop proposal deadline: JANUARY 22.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/events/422
APPLY SOON 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
WEB PRESENCE RETREAT DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1 末
Sites interested in considering their online presence and its relation to core work, priorities, and goals are invited to apply for Planning Your Site's Web Presence: A Working Retreat, in Denver, May 21-23. The retreat is an opportunity to create a development plan for an existing Web presence or new one. Application deadline: FEBRUARY 1.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/events/448
SPRING MEETING INCLUDES INTERACTIVE PLANNING SESSION WEDNESDAY 末
Register now for the NWP Spring Meeting in Washington, DC, March 25-26. If possible, plan to arrive by 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 24, for an interactive planning session that evening at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. The session will include tips for legislative visits, time for participants to meet, plan, and ask questions, and an opportunity to pick up materials. A no-host reception will follow. Registration deadline: MARCH 12.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/10sm/home.csp
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BE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS 末
Tell us about yourself or colleagues at your site who have received honors or awards or who have recently published. Please include recipient's year of summer institute, site role if any, subject and grade taught, school name and city if applicable. Deadline: FEBRUARY 19.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/resources/awards_and_accolades.csp