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The Professional Leadership Development Project: Building Writing Project and School-Site Teacher Leadership in Urban Schools
Motivated by a desire to have opportunities for professional development for their teaching colleagues similar to those they had experienced as participants in the Kennesaw Mountain Writing Project, teacher-consultants created a structure for building a school-based professional leadership…
(Re)Visioning Site Work: Extending the Reach and Relevance of NWP Sites
This monograph captures how two National Writing Project sites, at different points in their institutional lives, used visioning retreats as a strategy to take stock of their work and look forward in order to align programs with capacity, to develop leadership, and to continue to engage…
The Story of SCORE: The Mississippi Writing/Thinking Institute Takes on a Statewide Reading Initiative
The SCORE monograph (Secondary Content Opening to Reading Excellence) from the Mississippi Writing/Thinking Institute offers an overview of programming for content area teachers as part of a statewide reading initiative. A useful resource for teacher leaders, the monograph includes a rich…
A Work in Progress: The Benefits of Early Recruitment for the Summer Institute
Of particular interest to teacher leaders planning their site’s invitational institute, this monograph from the Southern Arizona Writing Project describes how site leaders' addressed the challenges of recruitment by revising their year-round calendar to more seamlessly integrate pre and…
Teacher Study Group Movement: From Pilot to Districtwide Study Groups in Four Years
This NWP monograph from leaders of the Saginaw Bay WP (Michigan) takes a deep dive into a districtwide approach to teacher-led study groups that resulted in significant changes in teacher practice and student learning as well as leadership development among teacher facilitators. The…
Enabling Communities and Collaborative Responses to Teaching Demonstrations
This monograph explains a useful protocol developed by Red Cedar Writing Project for responding to demonstrations in the Summer Institute, called the Collaborative Responses to Teaching Demonstrations (CRTD). This response takes the form of a letter to the person offering the demonstration,…
The Challenge of Change: Growth Through Inquiry at the Western Massachusetts Writing Project
This National Writing Project monograph describes the inquiry process undertaken by leaders at the Western Massachusetts Writing Project when the site faced radical changes and challenges in funding and leadership. This process led to a reorganization of the site, with new structures created…
Continuity Linked to Site Mission & Local Context: The Philadelphia Writing Project's Leadership Inquiry Seminar
A vital resource for anyone planning an inquiry-based leadership program, this NWP monograph details the strategies and practices that define the Philadelphia Writing Project's Leadership Inquiry Seminar, a yearlong institute designed to support the professional growth and reflective…
On-Site Consulting: New York City Writing Project
This NWP monograph provides an in-depth look at the longstanding New York City WP program of school-based professional development partnerships with the New York City public schools. Former NYCWP Director Marcie Wolfe provides background information on the development and evolution of the…
The Web as a Tool for Continuity
How can we keep teachers connected to each other across time and space? This monograph illustrates how the web can be used effectively to facilitate continuity and follow-up opportunities at sites. Showcased are the Bay Area Writing Project's ezine, Digital Paper, and the Alaska State…
Creating Spaces for Study and Action Under the Social Justice Umbrella
This monograph provides an in-depth look at the UCLA Writing Project's approach to exploring two social justice concerns—matters of race and issues of homophobia—and the design of two multiyear study groups that engage the learning community at the site. The authors chronicle how both study…
Write Now Teacher Studio
Where teachers write, share, and talk shop about writing and the teaching of writing
Hosted by the National Writing Project, the Write Now Teacher Studio is an open, online community of educators for educators. It’s a place to write together, examine our teaching, create and refine curricula, and work toward ever more effective and equitable practices to create confident, creative, and critical thinkers and writers in our classrooms and courses.