Steal these Ideas for Poem in your Pocket Day Poem in your Pocket Day can be a gloriously easy way to celebrate and appreciate poetry. How do you share your love of poetry with your students and colleagues? Please feel free to steal these ideas! Have students peruse poems and the copy snippets or whole …
April 24, 2018
It is with enormous sadness that we announce the passing of Nancy Mintz, dear friend, respected colleague, and former Director of the New York City Writing Project, after a valiant battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends, but also to Nancy herself, who loved us and …
October 14, 2016
The NYCWP is very excited to announce the publication of Stories of Impact! This ebook is a collection of essays that chronicle the work and impact of the New York City Writing Project’s on-site teacher-consultant program. Since 1981, the program has placed full-time teacher-consultants in schools across New York City to work closely with teachers in …
September 6, 2016
Curious about what the NYCWP has been up to over the past few years? Here’s a list of some of our past events: The NYCWP hosted its 19th Annual Teacher-to-Teacher Conference (#T2T17) on Saturday, March 18th, 2017. More information about the Teacher-to-Teacher Conference this year can be found on the NYCWP’s blog, which covered the day’s …
January 7, 2015
The Gates Foundation Blog recently posted that Teachers Must Write to Become Great Teachers of Writing. When talking about teachers who write, no article would be complete without mentioning the National Writing Project; this article is no exception. In fact, the article leads with an incredibly powerful quote from a Pittsburg ISI participant: When asked …
November 14, 2014
This guest blog post comes from Priscilla Thomas, an NYCWP Teacher-Leader and ISI Co-Facilitator, who originally posted it on her personal blog, Those Who Can. She is a high school English teacher in the Bronx and has been active with the NYCWP since she participated as a Summer Fellow in 2010. In the spring of 2014, Priscilla …
October 28, 2014
As the days tick down toward November, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) will soon be upon us. Some of you may have participated in this literary marathon in the past; some of you may have even participated with your students! NaNoWriMo challenges entrants to write–to completion!–a novel in the month of November. You can track …
October 21, 2014
This Connected Learning Month guest blog post comes from Christy Kingham, an NYCWP Teacher Leader who has taught middle and high school students for the past 10 years. This past summer, Christy co-facilitated the Youth Voices Inquiry Project alongside NYCWP Technology Liaison Paul Allison. Christy and Paul will also spearhead the fall phase of the …
October 17, 2014Announcing the NYCWP Forum! One of the great things about being an NYCWP teacher (or as we sometimes call ourselves in-house, “Writing Project People”) is that you are part of a community of like-minded, creative, enthusiastic teachers. Anyone who has ever participated in an NYCWP workshop series or Summer Institute knows what a valuable …
September 4, 2014September 4, 2014 Dear NYCWP Community, This week marks the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year as well as my first full school year as the Director of the New York City Writing Project. This fall has brought many changes, both within the Project and within your schools. Teachers are coming back to …
September 4, 2014