2006 Annual Meeting

Friday Events, Discussions, and Working Meetings

Events

NWP General Session: Writing for a Change
9:00am - 11:00am Airport Marriott, Ground Floor, Cumberland Ballroom
Join your colleagues at the NWP General Session on Friday morning from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. in the Cumberland Ballroom. This gathering of writing project teacher-consultants, site leaders, educators, and special guests is the largest event of the Annual Meeting.

NWP Social
5:15pm - 7:00pm Airport Marriott, Ground Floor, Cumberland Ballroom
Unwind and catch up with colleagues at the end of a lively and information-packed day at the annual NWP Social. Enjoy the hors d’oeuvres and spirited conversations as you make plans for a night out in Nashville.

Informational Discussions

Applying for NWP Network Minigrants
4:15pm - 5:15pm Airport Marriott, Ground Floor, Salon E
Minigrants from NWP special-focus networks provide opportunities for sites to seed new pilot programs, expand and deepen existing work, and build leadership. Network minigrant coordinators and other network leaders will take participants through the process of creating a minigrant proposal and discuss successful proposals and minigrant projects. If you have an idea for a project, bring it—there will be time for feedback!

The NWP and Teaching Writing Today
4:15pm - 5:15pm Airport Marriott, Ground Floor, Salon H
Join an informal discussion with NWP Executive Director Richard Sterling and Deputy Director Judy Buchanan about current issues in the teaching of writing that writing project sites are facing. This session will include an update on the work of the National Commission on Writing for America’s Families, Schools, and Colleges and its latest report, Writing and School Reform, as well as a discussion of the challenges and opportunities facing writing project leaders at their local sites.

Catch Up with Updates on Exhibit C Financial Reporting and Other Financial Questions
4:15pm - 5:15pm Airport Marriott, Ground Floor, Salon F
Join this informal Q&A conversation with Mike Mathis, NWP director of grants and contracts, focusing on financial reporting issues, streamlining site-budget reporting and record-keeping processes, and discussing your questions and concerns about the business end of running a site.

A Time for Writing and Reflecting
4:15pm - 5:15pm Airport Marriott, Ground Floor, Salon G
Need a time and place to sit back and reflect on all that you have been experiencing and learning? Here's a space for some quiet time where you can write about your reactions and new ideas. Come and go as you please. This room is reserved for personal writing time.

Working Meetings

The following meetings are for specified audiences