Exciting stuff below! --- National Writing Project <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: National Writing Project > <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: NWP Site Bulletin, January 18, 2006 > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:00:06 -0800 (PST) > > - NWP Site Bulletin - > > URBAN SITES CONFERENCE PROPOSAL DEADLINE EXTENDED –– > > The Urban Sites Network invites you to join them on > April 28-29 in San Diego, California for two days of > workshops, school visits, writing tours, and more. > The proposal deadline has been extended to February > 10. Go online to download information about workshop > proposals and conference registration. > http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwp_e/163 > > NWP TO RECEIVE INCREASE IN FEDERAL FUNDING –– > The NWP will receive a $21.53 million appropriation > in fiscal year 2006, a 6 percent increase over the > previous year. This continued federal investment is > a direct result of the hard work of local sites > across the country. Thank you to all of you for your > efforts to improve the teaching of writing and > student learning in the nation’s schools. > http://www.writingproject.org/Resources/dc.csp > > COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE OF THE QUARTERLY NOW ONLINE –– > The final print edition of The Quarterly celebrates > the journal's twenty-seven-year history with > reprints of fifteen vital and still relevant > articles, beginning with a piece by Jim Gray from > 1979. Read the final issue online or purchase your > own copy in print. > http://www.writingproject.org/r.csp?c=1 > > ENJOY “ARTIFACTS” FROM 2005 NWP ANNUAL MEETING –– > Read the general session speeches, download the > Inverness presentation about NWP, browse excerpts of > writing by general session participants, or view the > photo album. > http://www.writingproject.org/r.csp?c=6 > > APPLY NOW FOR DIRECTORS RETREAT THIS SUMMER –– > Sites are invited to apply to send a team of two to > the NWP Directors Retreat, June 21-25, at Oglebay > Resort and Conference Center in Wheeling, West > Virginia. The retreat is designed to support > directors and site leaders as they share expertise > and plan for the development of work at their sites. > Deadline: March 6. > http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwp_e/164 > > BE PART OF A PROFESSIONAL WRITING RETREAT –– > NWP professional writing retreats highlight the > value of teachers writing about their practice and > create the time and support for this work. Retreat > A, August 3-6, serves participants in the process of > writing first drafts. Retreat B, June 22-25, is > tailored to writers ready to tackle final editing > and preparation for publication. Both will be at > Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat, Leavenworth, > Washington. Deadline: March 20. > http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpn/22 > > DON’T MISS NWP SPRING MEETING IN D.C. –– > Join us in Washington, DC, April 6-7, to share your > knowledge and classroom successes with members of > Congress and with each other. Friday keynote speaker > is Glynda Hull, professor of Language and Literacy, > Society and Culture in the Graduate School of > Education at the University of California, Berkeley. > Learn more and register online today. > http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwp_e/161 > > > >