Dear Teacher Consultants, Below is information regarding an Urban Sites Network conference. Our writing project budgets money to support teacher consultants to attend conferences such as this one. Any teacher consultant can apply by submitting a proposal that addresses the points below. In the past teacher consultants have attended Urban Sites, English Language Learners, and Rural Sties network conferences in addition to the NWP annual meeting and the spring conference to lobby in Washington. 1. Why you want to attend this conference - your rationale for how this is related to your work as an Oklahoma Writing Project ("OWP") Teacher Consultant. 2. A statement of what you expect to give back to the OWP as a result of conference attendance. 3. An explanation of how you have contributed in the past to the OWP 4. A list of other conferences you have attended that have been funded by OWP; and how you have applied the knowledge in your teaching and towards the advancement of the Oklahoma Writing Project. 5. A budget for this conference Sincerely, Priscilla Griffith -----Original Message----- From: NWP Directors and Co-directors Discussion - Vanessa Brown [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 7:26 AM To: Griffith, Priscilla L. Subject: USN Minigrants Dear Friends The Urban Sites Network Conference is fast approaching. Our 2007 conference host site, the DC Area Writing Project is busy making final plans for what promises to be one of our most exciting conferences yet. Please plan to join us on April 20-21, 2007 in Washington, DC at the DC Renaissance Hotel. We'll start the weekend with all sorts of fun and informative events taking place across the city and end with Gloria Ladson Billings providing our keynote address on Saturday and several rounds of workshops that will focus on promising practices for improving the teaching of writing in urban schools. Don't get left out. We want to see you there. Below are some important deadlines you won't want to overlook: --Proposals are due: 1/19/07 --Hotel reservations must be made by: 3/21/07 --Conference registrations are due: 4/1/07 More information can be found at: http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwp_e/180 ------------------ NWP Directors and Codirectors [log in to unmask] Please remember: this discussion forum is public. Replies to this address will be sent to all subscribers. Thank you! --------------------------------------------------------------- Respond directly to the sender of this message only. mailto:[log in to unmask] Post a response to this message and send to the entire group. mailto:[log in to unmask] Post a new message on a new topic and send to the entire group. mailto:[log in to unmask] To view this discussion online: http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/forum/cs_disc/111 To unsubscribe and not receive further emails. mailto:[log in to unmask]