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Professional Writing Retreats in Action

Professional Writing at the Core of Oklahoma State University Writing Project

When Eileen Simmons attended a writing retreat in 1999, she could not have known how the experience would transform her professional life—and later, her site. More ›

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NWP Professional Writing Retreat Handbook

The Professional Writing Retreat Handbook offers advice about planning, funding, and conducting a retreat to support teachers as writers. This 93-page booklet also provides tools and resources to help sites design local retreats, including articles on pre-retreat readings, daily schedules, the role of facilitators, and post-retreat follow-up. More ›

Tips for Publishing: Bringing Classroom Practices, Reflections, and Research to Print

The Teacher Inquiry Communities Network offers tips to help teachers develop and submit materials for publishing: developing articles, preparing your manuscript, writing a query letter, contacting different types of publications, and more. More ›

A Learning Process That Never Ends

A teacher-consultant shares her experience at a professional writing retreat, where she is amazed to realize she is still doing things in her classroom that do not fit with her core philosophy. More ›

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