| Service
and Outreach Area:
An affiliate
of the National Writing
Project, the ISWP sponsors teachers who teach teachers in Peoria,
Bartonville, Eureka, Lasalle, Henry, El Paso, Streator, Danville,
Decatur, Clinton, Heyworth, Springfield, Lincoln, Atlanta, as well
as University High School in Normal, Central Catholic Schools, Trinity
Lutheran Schools, Mulberry School, and the two unit districts (Unit
5 and District 87) in Normal and Bloomington. |
| Goals
- To improve
student writing and learning in K-16 classrooms in central Illinois
- To extend
the uses of writing in all disciplines
- To provide
central Illinois schools with an effective professional development
system
- To identify,
celebrate, and enhance the professional role of successful classroom
teachers in central Illinois
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- Two Invitational
Summer Institutes that bring together successful teachers of
writing from all grade levels, K-university--the Institute has
developed 135 Teacher Leaders in the last nine years.
- New Teacher Outreach Program--professional development specifically designed for new teachers,
addressing issues in the teaching of writing through a year-long series of
bi-monthly workshops.
- Inservice
programs that provide a range of summer and school-year programs
planned and conducted for teachers in schools and districts
throughout central Illinois--over 500 teachers served in these
programs in nine years, over 50,000 students in central Illinois
served.
- Continuity
programs that provide local teachers with continuing support,
enrichment and opportunities for leadership--over 4000 teachers
served in teacher conferences and conference presentations,
over 400,000 students served through these teachers.
- Participating
universities, schools and districts that provide financial and
personnel support for the local university-based NWP site--$141,000
in federal funds matched with over $180,000 in university, school,
and district funds.
- Extensive
teacher research (many of our teachers have written theses and
dissertations using Writing Project research and pedagogy),
on-going five-week Saturday young writers' workshops led by
Teacher Leaders, and advanced workshops for advanced Teacher
Consultants (those who have completed inservice workshops) and
Leaders.
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