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Learn about NWP’s Foundational Beliefs about Teacher Leadership
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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Develop Leadership Within Writing Project Sites
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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Effect Change in Schools/Districts
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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Plan Professional Development
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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Lead Programs for Students, Parents, and Communities Outside the School
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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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.
Being a National Writing Project teacher-consultant translates to leadership at the site, at schools, and in the community. It may involve planning and leading a partnership or a teacher workshop. It may mean participating in site development through formal leadership roles, participation in visioning retreats, and development of programs. It may involve advocacy for our students in schools, districts, and the community. The foundation of our leadership always rests on supporting teacher growth and promoting teacher expertise.
This collection serves as a way for local site leaders to think through how to foster site leadership both within leadership development programs and beyond. Moreover, it suggests ways that we might work together to transform pedagogical practices, educational policies, and the institutions in which they reside.
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Develop Leadership Within Writing Project Sites
For site directors wanting to develop local site leadership, resources in this collection offer visions of what NWP leadership looks like, directions for how to get out of the way to make sure there is work for teacher-leaders to do, and tools for strategic planning and site growth.
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Effect Change in Schools/Districts
Teacher-leadership should be developed to do work in the worlds where teachers live, mainly schools and districts. So, how do teacher-leaders effect change? These resources offer stories and models to help site leaders think about how to put teacher-leadership to work.
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Plan Professional Development
The National Writing Project’s model is most known for teachers teaching teachers. These resources offer visions of beginning and growing professional development, with an emphasis on creating school partnerships.
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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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Wrestle Together with Ethical Implications of Teacher Inquiry
What does it mean to study the students you are teaching? What ethical dilemmas arise, and how can we navigate these spaces in trustworthy, ethical ways?
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