Lead Programs for Students, Parents, and Communities Outside the School

Programs for Students:
Many writing projects provide summer writing programs for young people. Below you will find resources that push on the traditional summer writing program in order to imagine more possibilities for putting teacher leaders to work with young people outside the classroom.

• The Ubuntu Academy: An Immigrant and Refugee Youth Writing Camp
• Scaling Up Youth Programs (NWP Radio
• Reimagining Learning in Libraries and Museums

Programs for Parents and Families:
Teacher leaders often return to their schools and classrooms eager to connect more with their students, but also with their students’ families. Resources on this list are for teacher leaders who might want to try t start a family literacy program with young people and their families.

• The Family Writing Project: Creating Space for Sustaining Teacher Identity
• The Family Writing Project: No More Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Writing Retreats:
Finished your summer institute and miss your writing group? How can new teacher leaders extend their favorite part of the invitational institute. Use these resources to imagine, and lead a writing retreat at your writing project site.

• A Weekend of Writing Isn’t a Weekend of Work