Support for New Directors
New directors of both new and existing sites will find useful information here to guide the work of leading a site.
Five Steps for New Directors
A key concern of new directors is finding the support they need. Here are five first steps to get connected and find resources. More ›
Year in the Life of a Director (PDF)
An at-a-glance look at the annual cycle of work of NWP site directors. Download PDF file ›
Resources of Interest to New Directors
The following resources take a variety of looks at what happens after the summer institute, from teachers thinking about how to take the summer institute experience back to their school to directors planning for inservice development and ongoing leadership opportunities for teacher-consultants.
Teaching After the Summer Institute
After attending the Northern Virginia Writing Project summer institute, Nick Maneno set up a meeting with his school administrators to share the potency of the NWP model. He recounts the successes and challenges he faced as he tried to share what he learned. More ›
Getting a Jump on the Work of a New Site
The director of the Live Oak Writing Project at the University of Southern Mississippi describes how she launched the site's programs. She learns that when she taps into the energy and expertise of the teacher-consultants, the potential for the site is unlimited. More ›
After the Summer Institute: Opportunities for Teacher Leadership
The National Writing Project, along with Inverness Research Associates and Ann Lieberman of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, has launched a study on the nature of teacher leadership developed through the writing project. This article, drawing on interview data from the study, highlights TCs' descriptions of how they contribute to their students, their peers, and their writing project sites, and how their connection with their local writing project nurtures them as teachers and leaders. More ›
The Fledgling Years: Lessons from the First Four Years of the NWP in Vermont
Patricia McGonegal and Anne Watson, founders of a new writing project site, chronicle their first five years, focusing on the development of school-based inservice. More ›