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Writing Project Invites Competitive Applicants for Summer Institute

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Type: In the News
The Seven Valleys Writing Project (New York) is currently accepting applications for participation in its Summer Institute. Project Director David Franke says that "those who apply tend to be creative, pragmatic, and solution-oriented. . . Together, teachers develop their personal writing, their self-chosen research projects, and their leaderships skills."

Teachers Across the Country Go To "Summer School": Teachers Focus on Writing, Literacy, and Leadership

Monday, May 14, 2012
Type: Press Release
While students will be taking the summer off, many of their teachers will be headed back to the classroom — both in person and online. More than 3,000 teachers will be given the unique opportunity to participate in the National Writing Project's (NWP) Summer Institutes. With funding support from the US Department of Education educators across the country will use this out-of-school time to expand their knowledge and understanding of how best to teach writing.

NWP Radio—What is College Writing Today?

Monday, May 14, 2012
Type: Event
Hear what's happening with writing on our nation's campuses with three faculty guests. This show will focus on writing in the major, in upper division courses, and in general education content area courses. Our guests for this show have extensive experience working with faculty who teach writing in their disciplines and have insight into the wide variety of genres.

Connecticut Writing Project Helps Teachers Teach Writing

Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Type: In the News
Many students at all levels struggle with writing, and many teachers welcome some help in working with their students. The Connecticut Writing Project–Storrs at UConn is a resource both for those who teach writing, from kindergarten through college, and for the students they teach.

Young Writers Honored by West Virginia Writing Project

Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Type: In the News
Young students will be recognized for excellence in writing this Saturday, May 12, as part of a program sponsored by the West Virginia Writing Project.

What Teaching Means: Stories from America's Classrooms

Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Type: In the News
Rogue Faculty Press, which describes itself as "a press for teachers, by teachers," has released What Teaching Means: Stories from America's Classrooms. The book, edited by Daniel Boster and Marni Valerio of the Nebraska Writing Project, aims to "detail the sometimes joyful, sometimes tragic teaching experiences of the professional educators who've rendered them in prose."

NWP Radio—Fundraising Tools and Strategies for Your Site: Reaching Out and Making Your Case

Friday, April 27, 2012
Type: Event
Join us for a special edition of NWP Radio that features site directors Jessica Early, Central Arizona Writing Project, and Matt Luskey, Western Pennsylvania Writing Project, talking about recent fundraising successes at their Writing Project sites. They will be joined by Susan Freundlich, NWP's Director of Advancement, who will talk about strategies, tools, and resources available electronically.

NWP Radio—NWP Connect: Building Communities of Practice

Friday, April 27, 2012
Type: Event
How are sites utilizing NWP Connect—the National Writing Project's online social network—to support, enhance, and develop communities of practice, both online and face-to-face? Join a conversation with several site leaders who are building Connect communities for their Summer Institute participants, for study groups, and for other kinds of professional learning opportunities.

Writing Our Way to Success

Friday, April 27, 2012
Type: Resource
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Writing Project teacher-consultant Andrea Heckner was a participant in the 2010 NWP Professional Writing Retreat. Writing Our Way to Success, which was begun at that retreat, chronicles much of her first year as a high school special education teacher.

Habits of Heart, Mind, and Practice in the Engaged Classroom

Friday, April 27, 2012
Type: Event
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Get Ready To Celebrate Poem In Your Pocket Day

Thursday, April 26, 2012
Type: In the News
April 26 is Poem in Your Pocket Day, a day to celebrate poetry by tucking "a favorite poem into your back pocket to share with family, friends and co-workers." Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project teacher-leader Brenda Krupp shares how she uses Poem in Your Pocket Day to instill a love of poetry in her students.

Getting It in Writing: Quests to Become Outstanding and Effective Writing Teachers

Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Type: Resource
In this foreword to Deborah M. Stankevich's Getting It in Writing: Quests to Become Outstanding and Effective Writing Teachers, Northwest Arkansas Writing Project Director Christian Z. Goering discusses his early experiences with the Writing Project and how it shaped him as a teacher.

California English: Teachers in Charge of Their Own Learning

Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Type: Resource
This issue of California English continues the conversation about professional development and California's Common Core standards in education. California Writing Project teacher-leaders discuss what effective techniques they've learned and used in their classrooms, and encourage others to follow suit.

The Very Best

Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Type: Resource
Laurie Kurnick is a great lover of professional development who has seen its good and bad sides. When it's done well—for example, at the UCLA Writing Project—teachers learn by actually participating in the activities their students have to do, providing a space for teachers to experience writing and think for themselves.

A Community of Learners: Teachers Teaching Teachers

Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Type: Resource
While Jaclyn Walker, teacher-consultant at the South Coast Writing Project (CA), understands that getting teachers to participate in professional development can seem like an uphill struggle at times, it is an essential means of growth for all teachers. To help encourage these spaces of generating ideas and experimentation, teachers need to work together to encourage each other and promote the importance of learning from one another.

My Writing Home - The Great Valley Writing Project

Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Type: Resource
Though Maria Shreve initially joined the Writing Project for more academic, self-interested motives, she soon found herself viewing her fellow colleagues and community as a family instead. The invaluable lessons and instructions she took from the Great Valley Writing Project (CA) kept her going as a teacher, and as she saw herself improve, her students did as well.

Good Guidance from Within

Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Type: Resource
Gail Nettels, teacher-consultant at the Cal State Northridge Writing Project, credits the California Writing Project and its motto of "working from within" as having saved her career and inspiring her to teach meaningfully.

Is It Something in the Water? The Persistent Influences of Donald Graves, Donald Murray, and Thomas Newkirk

Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Type: Resource
Kathleen Dudden Rowlands, director of Cal State Northridge Writing Project, addresses how three University of New Hampshire professors—Don Graves, Don Murray, and Tom Newkirk—have had such a long-lasting legacy in education and profound effects on educators like herself.

Making Progress: Rethinking State and School District Policies Concerning Mobile Technologies and Social Media

Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Type: Resource
The National Writing Project joined the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) and other leading educational organizations in releasing a new report that focuses on the use of mobile technologies and social media in schools.

Southern Maine Writing Project Sponsors Young Author's Camp

Friday, April 13, 2012
Type: In the News
The Young Author's Camp at the Telling Room, sponsored by the Southern Maine Writing Project, offers an array of summer writing sessions for aspiring student writers.