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TX San Antonio Writing Project Invitational Summer Institute Goes Digital
As Site Director Dr. Roxanne Henkin says, the San Antonio Writing Project “made the decision to go completely digital in 2007, which means that...TX San Antonio Writing Project, Six Other Sites Collaborate To “Write For Texas”
In conjunction with The San Antonio Writing Project and six other Texas Writing Project Sites, the Texas Educational Agency launched an initiative in...
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TX San Antonio Writing Project Invitational Summer Institute Goes Digital
by benbates on Monday, December 14, 2015 - 21:48
As Site Director Dr. Roxanne Henkin says, the San Antonio Writing Project “made the decision to go completely digital in 2007, which means that everything about our site became digital.” With the help of Technology Liaison Dr. Lennie Irvin,...
IL Chicago Area WP Offers Year-Round Variation of ISI Called "Summer Institute Plus"
by nicoletteamann on Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 14:17
In order to address financial and logistical challenges, Chicago Area WP offers an innovative "Summer Institute Plus" model.
In 2015 and for the fourth year, CAWP has offered what we have been calling “Summer Institute Plus,” which is a...
WI Greater Madison Writing Project Offers a Make it Better Writing Acivity in ISI:
by Jsinger2 on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 15:18
WI Greater Madison Writing Project Offers a Make it Better Writing Acivity to Promote Positive School Change in ISI:
One slight modification we made this year was the inclusion of a writing activity we titled Imagine It Better … Make It Better. We...
Eastern Illinois Writing Project Invitational Summer Institute Celebrates “sacred writing time.”
by benbates on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 21:27
Eastern Illinois Writing Project begins every summer institute session with sacred time for teachers to write in their journals. Co-director Amber Laquet explains EIWP’s weekly “writing crawls” that have become part of the ISI experience:...
Programs and practices
TX San Antonio Writing Project Offers Vital Professional Development To Texas Teachers
by benbates on Monday, December 14, 2015 - 21:36
Supported by a growing roster of bilingual teacher consultants, a continuing, characteristic focus on teaching English Language Learners, a record of in-service activities including an annual teachers’ conference, and professional development...
TX San Antonio Writing Project Offers Mission San Jose Writing Camp
by benbates on Monday, December 14, 2015 - 21:30
With funding provided by the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Texas – San Antonio, San Antonio Writing Project teacher consultants conducted a week-long summer writing camp for students in grades 4 to 6 in July, 2015....
TN Upper Cumberland WP Offers Stand-Alone Writing Workshops
by nicoletteamann on Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 15:35
Upper Cumberland Writing Project describes and reflects on their three recent writing PD workshops.
In the fall of 2015, we’re conducting three standalone writing PD workshops for K-12 teachers (see attached PDF-format flyer). Each three-hour...
KY Western Kentucky University WP Continues Successful Young Writers Summer Camp
by nicoletteamann on Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 14:57
Building on the success of their past camps, Western Kentucky University WP offers a three-day summer camp focused on the theme of "Writing to Make a Difference."
Encouraged by the success of the one-day camps, three years ago we implemented a...
Supporting leaders/ supporting leadership
KY Western Kentucky University WP Builds Continuity with Summer of Renewal ISI
by nicoletteamann on Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 15:04
Western Kentucky University WP creates opportunities for ISI Fellows to assume more active roles in their site.
In summer 2015, we tried another adaptation of the institute by offering previous Fellows who had already received 6 hrs. of credit...
KY Western Kentucky University WP Develops a Video Library of Model Lessons
by nicoletteamann on Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 14:48
Kentucky Western uses SEED Leadership funding to develop video resources for teachers.
In order to provide resources that teachers could access at their convenience and as needed, our site has started developing a video library of model...
WA Central Washington Writing Project Creates Teacher Leadership Academy
by Jsinger2 on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 14:53
WA Central Washington Writing Project Creates Teacher Leadership Academy to Promote Site Leadership Development:
In our 2014-2016 SEED Teacher Leadership Grant proposal, we requested funding to establish a Teacher Leadership Academy. Thus, in our...
ID Boise State Writing Project Reframes Fellowships for Teacher Development
by laurroop on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 14:51
Leaders from the Boise State Writing Project have sharpened the coaching plans for demonstrations in a bid to increase the quality and open new presentation opportunities:
Though coaching has continued unabated in the eight weeks between the pre-...
University connections
TN West Tennessee WP Offers PD for Teachers at Young Writers Conference
by nicoletteamann on Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 15:59
TN West Tennessee partners to offer PD to teachers who attend Young Writers Conference.
Although not entirely new, WTWP continues with its third year in partnership with its host department at UT Martin—EMFL—to deliver Professional Development...
WI Greater Madison Writing Project Offers University First Year Writing Programs/High School English Teachers Symposium:
by Jsinger2 on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 15:22
WI Greater Madison Writing Project Offers University First Year Writing Programs/High School English Teachers Symposium:
This is another program that was at the idea stage this time last year that has come to fruition. In January 2015 we hosted what...
Eastern Michigan Writing Project Opens Disciplinary Literacies Dialogue Between Campus and Local Districts
by laurroop on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 14:56
Eastern Michigan Writing Project faculty leaders Cathy Fleischer and Ann Blakeslee, seeking university funding for disciplinary literacies work, designed their efforts so they were able to bring together secondary practitioners and faculty in...
ID Boise State Writing Project Collaborates with University Service Learning Program
by laurroop on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 14:35
Through ongoing collaboration with the university's service learning program, Boise State Writing Project is able to give and gain support for justice work. In the words of the site leaders:
Over the past five years we have collaborated...
Schools, partners, and others we work with
New Hampshire WP Refocuses PD and Forms TC-Driven Partnership
by nicoletteamann on Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 15:22
After rethinking their model for professional development, New Hampshire WP forms a team of TCs to provide more standarized professional development to district schools.
This year, we have refined our conceptual model for providing...
KY Western Kentucky University WP Partners with WKU Reading Project and School of Teacher Education
by nicoletteamann on Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 14:41
Western Kentucky WP benefits from ongoing relationships with WKY Reading Project and the School of Teacher Education by offering co-sponsored workshops and professional development as well as by recruiting for their Invitational Summer Institute....
IL Chicago Area WP Partners With The Center for the Collaborative Classroom
by nicoletteamann on Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 14:08
IL Chicago WP partners with The Center for the Collaborative Classroom to co-sponsor three workshops and finds the Being a Writer and Making Meaning curriuculm to be an effective fit for local teachers' needs.
We mentioned in our last...
NY Long Island Writing Project Prepares Workshop on Twitter's Impact
by laurroop on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 15:30
Site leaders from the Long Island Writing Project designed a workshop on how Twitter is transforming us as educators. In preparation for the workshop, the facilitators, Kathy Sokolowski and Darshna Katwala, surveyed teacher-consultants, who...
Money matters
MI Top of the MIT Writing Project Offers Innovative Fundraising Film
by Jsinger2 on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 14:44
MI Top of the MIT Writing Project Offers Innovative Fundraising Film:
We were able to secure a grant from the producers of an award winning Sundance Film to show as a fundraiser for our project. With the help of one of our community partners, the...
ID Boise State Writing Project Gains Sponsorships for Individual ISI Fellows
by laurroop on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 14:43
Faced with financial pressures, the Boise State Writing Project strategically pursued dedicated sponsorships:
We have begun experimenting with dedicated sponsorships for ISI/fellowship year fellowships. E.g. The Micron Foundation has supported a...
CA South Coast uses NWP Business Planning for Program Development Resource to Shape Planning and Control Costs for Young Writers Summer Programming
by nvwpsbaker on Saturday, November 14, 2015 - 12:26
SCWriP uses the NWP Business Planning for Program Development resource to combat a series of funding losses and staffing changes in its Young Writers program. By analyzing the situation, SCWriP was able to develop new relationships and its summer...
MO Missouri WP Finds Essential Funding Through ITQ Grant
by mdziedzic on Friday, November 13, 2015 - 10:41
Missouri WP finds connections with multiple institutions to be advantageous in these difficult financial times ...
A big change this year for the MWPN has been the fact that we received an Improving Teacher Quality Grant (ITQG). This...
Being a network
TX San Antonio Writing Project, Six Other Sites Collaborate To “Write For Texas”
by benbates on Monday, December 14, 2015 - 21:42
In conjunction with The San Antonio Writing Project and six other Texas Writing Project Sites, the Texas Educational Agency launched an initiative in 2014 to promote writing across the curriculum in middle and high schools in areas where students...
Eastern Michigan Writing Project Opens Teacher Advocacy Workshop to National Audience
by laurroop on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 14:46
For the second summer, "Telling Our Stories/Raising Our Voices," an advocacy training workshop for educators designed and led by Dr. Cathy Fleischer, was sponsored by the Eastern Michigan Writing Project. Cathy reports,
Beginning with their...
MA Buzzards Bay Writing Project Conducts District Writing Curriculum Review
by laurroop on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 14:28
When Buzzards Bay Writing Project in Massachusetts received a request for a writing curriculum review from the superintendent of Duxbury Schools, the site knew it needed help, and its director contacted the two other NWP sites in the state:
...In...
Boise State Writing Project Partners with State Department on Coaching Network
by laurroop on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 14:29
Boise State Writing Project is engaged with an important partnership with the Idaho State Department of Education: the Idaho Core Coach Network. The network, which involves 16 coaches, all of whom are National Writing Project teacher-...