As of March 2016, the New York Board of Regents established new Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) requirements for all professional and Level III teaching assistant certificate holders. The New York City Writing Project is an approved CTLE sponsor. All NYCWP programs and workshops provide CTLE hours that will contribute to teachers’ 100 clock …
May 10, 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
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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York City Writing Project Awarded Three Federal Grants for Teacher Professional Learning Opportunities Bronx, NY. (March 23, 2016) – The New York City Writing Project is pleased to announce it has been awarded three federal SEED (Supporting Effective Educator Development) grants through the National Writing Project to design and extend …
April 19, 2016Dear 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
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 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