Teacher-leaders are change agents
EDUCATORS PLAY A VITAL ROLE in leading sustained efforts to improve learning in schools and communities. NWP leaders study and share effective practices that enhance youth writing and learning, work collaboratively with other educators, design resources, and take on new roles in effecting positive change.
In the News
- WNYC Puts Student Letters to the Next President on the Airwaves
- Western Pennyslvania Teacher-Consultant Inspires 'Positivity In The Classroom During An Election That's Anything But'
- West Albany Students Write "Argument With Purpose" to the Next President
- Morehead Writing Project 'Unleashes' Teen Writers at Teen Writers' Day Out
Events
February 7
Engaging Teens as Changemakers: A KidsTales.org Case Study—An Educator Innovator WebinarFebruary 10
How Do We Tell Our Stories in the Digital Age?—An Educator Innovator WebinarMarch 1
The 2017 Memorial Library Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education in New York City Application DeadlineMarch 22–24
2017 NWP Spring Meeting
NWP on Topic
Coaching Teacher-Writers
This practical book illustrates how to encourage, lead, and sustain teacher-writers, especially in group contexts.
Composing Science
Instructors will gain insight from this book on how to create classrooms in which students use writing to learn and think scientifically.
Untangling Urban Middle School Reform
The experience of one school's resistance to the deficit model of education represents the overall story of urban school reform. This book includes perspectives of teachers, National Writing Project teacher-consultants, and administrators.
Social World