Application DeadlineDirectors Retreat Events
2008 Directors Retreat
July 30 – August 3, 2008
Rock Creek Resort
Red Lodge, Montana
The NWP Directors Retreat is a gathering of directors and co-directors designed to advance the practice of leadership at local sites and to support the development of writing project sites.
The NWP Directors Retreat provides:
- time to reflect and talk honestly about leading a writing project site
- space for refreshment and renewal in a retreat setting
- a community of colleagues with shared challenges and solutions
- tools for strategic planning and site development.
Like a summer institute, each retreat addresses the particular questions and interests of the participants. Areas of focus typically include
- revisiting the NWP model and mission
- strengthening core programs: summer institutes, inservice, and continuity
- developing, sustaining, and transitioning local site leadership
- addressing issues of equity, access, and diversity in leadership
- establishing and maintaining relations with host institutions
- using budgets as a tool for planning and development
- connecting to NWP resources
- addressing current issues for directors, local and national.
The mission of the retreat is accomplished if directors and co-directors return to their sites energized as leaders and equipped with new ideas for core programs, long-range strategies for development, ongoing connections to the NWP community, and knowledge of resources that support their work.
This event is designed for writing project leaders, typically directors and co-directors who have primary responsibility for decision-making a the site.
Lodging and Transportation
The retreat will be held at the Rock Creek Resort in Red Lodge, Montana. Participants arrange transportation to and from the retreat through their sites and the NWP pays for double-occupancy lodging, breakfast, lunch, and evening group meals.Lodging arrangements at the Rock Creek Resort will not accommodate site leaders' partners or family members.