Browsing Category: News

  • From the Director’s Notebook: Post-July Update

    August, 2016   Dear NYCWP Community,   For many reasons, 2016 was another great summer at the NYCWP. This July saw a shift in thinking about how we structure our summer programming and what we offer teachers; I continue to be amazed not only by the flexibility of this community, but also by everyone’s willingness …

    August 4, 2016
  • Summer Opportunities!

      “Summer” at the New York City Writing Project used to be synonymous with our Invitational Summer Institute (now called the Invitational Leadership Institute), but times have changed, and the NYCWP has evolved its programming to meet a wider range of teacher needs. It has always been our model to meet teachers where they are …

    April 28, 2016
  • Director’s Notebook: NWP Annual Meeting 2016

      Dear NYCWP Community, Every November, the National Writing Project gathers for its Annual Meeting the week prior to Thanksgiving. This year, my travel was funded by HIVE Digital Media Learning Fund, for which I am very grateful. The Annual Meeting is wonderful; I always look forward to gathering with teachers from the WP community, …

    December 15, 2015
  • Past Events

    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
  • International Community Voices – ICHS & NYCWP receive competitive LRNG Grant

    The New York City Writing Project is thrilled to announce that one of its partner schools, the International Community High School (ICHS) in the Bronx, has been awarded a competitive LRNG Grant from Educator Innovator, NWP, the MacArthur Foundation and John Legend’s Show Me Campaign.  This was one of fourteen proposals from around the country …

    December 9, 2014
  • NWP in the News: Teachers Must Write to Become Great Teachers of Writing

    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
  • Submit: Three Reasons Why Teachers Should Form Writing Groups

    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
  • NaNoWriMo in the Classroom

    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
  • The Connected Teacher-Centered Trap?

    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, 2014