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Resources for Teachers by Teachers

Teach Write Now is a set of resources about writing and the teaching of writing from the National Writing Project (NWP), curated by educators in all disciplines. The knowledge collected here spans generations of teachers working across the country and in all communities—rural, urban, and suburban—and at all grade levels, from pre-K through college and university. To complement this site, NWP also provides a free online teacher-community, the Write Now Teacher Studio, where teachers can share ideas and questions, attend events, take courses, and have deeper discussions about teaching writing.

About the National Writing Project (NWP)

The National Writing Project is a network of teachers, university faculty, researchers, writers, and community educators working to advance writing and the teaching of writing.

Investing in Teachers, Honoring Teaching

We engage great educators at all levels and in all subjects in deepening their understanding of the teaching of writing and working as leaders in their schools, communities, and in the profession at large.

Spanning the Nation

Educators connect to NWP through local Writing Project sites and online networks. Currently, roughly 175 local Writing Project sites are housed on college campuses across the nation. Collectively, they prepare 2,500 new teacher-leaders each year. These new leaders join a dynamic and active network of leaders who work with 95,000 colleagues annually in classrooms, libraries, museums, national parks—virtually any space where young people learn, read, and write—ultimately strengthening the writing and thinking of 6 million students, pre-K through college, each year.

With Deep Expertise

Writing touches all areas of our lives, and therefore NWP includes educators with expertise in fields as diverse as media-making, STEM and technical fields, arts and humanities, as well as youth leadership and civic engagement. NWP educators are diverse, with experience teaching in a wide range of communities and settings.

This powerful network is supported by a dynamic Board of Directors, consisting of civic, business, and education leaders, and the NWP Writers Council. The capable NWP national staff provides coordination, communications, and a point of entry for funders and partners seeking to learn about the network.

Popular Collections

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NWP Social Practices: Learn
For National Writing Project teachers, learning, often through inquiry processes, is central to how we examine and transform our classroom practice.
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NWP Social Practices: Lead
Summer institutes provide an important opportunity for teachers to develop leadership skills. Through study of research and the act of going public with one’s practice, teachers develop a confidence in their expertise which they then apply in various ways throughout the rest of their careers.
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NWP Social Practices: Write
For Writing Project site leaders thinking about developing a new pathway to site leadership, this collection examines the social practices connected to writing that have become key to the NWP experience.
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NWP Social Practices: Collaborate
For National Writing Project teachers, collaboration is central to building both individual and collective capacity.
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Write Now Teacher Studio

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Where teachers write, share, and talk shop about writing and the teaching of writing.

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