Mission

Our goal is to support teachers and students in the uses of writing and literacy to learn across contexts, grade levels, and content areas through collaborative professional development programs. 

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Contacts

President

Roy Fox

Director

Amy Lannin

​Co-Director

Julie Sheerman 

Youth Programs

Danielle Johnson

Summer Institute

Christy Goldsmith

In-Service 

Lara Dieckmann

Continuity/Fall Conference

Angie Zapata

Tech Liaisons

Lynn Chang
​Ashley McCrady

National Writing Project Basic Assumptions

  • ​Teachers are the best teachers of teachers. 
  • Successful teachers of writing can be identified and-while sharing their expertise-be prepared to teach other teachers. 
  • Summer institutes should involve teachers from all level of instruction and all disciplines. 
  • Writing is fundamental to learning in science, mathematics, and history as it is to learning in English and language arts. 
  • Writing needs constant attention and repetition from the early grades through university. 
  • The process of writing can best be understood by engaging in this process, teachers of writing should write. 
  • Effective professional development programs are on-going and systematic, bringing teachers together through their careers to examine successful practices and new developments. 
  • The National Writing Project, by promoting no single "right" approach to the teaching of writing allows a critical examination of a variety of approaches from a variety of sources.​

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