2014 NWP Annual Meeting Plenary Slideshow
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These are the slides that accompany our 2014 Annual Meeting plenary where we welcomed Elyse Eidman-Aadahl as our new executive director, announced the 2014 LRNG Innovation Challenge winners, and celebrated the culmination of our 40 years in education innovation.
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- 2. Welcome New Sites KS: Flint Hills Writing Project Emporia State University Roger Caswell, Heather Caswell MI: Top-of-the-Mitt Writing Project North Central Michigan College Toby Kahn-Loftus, Dan Polleys ND: Red River Valley Writing Project North Dakota State University Kelly Sassi OR: Oregon Writing Project Collaborative at George Fox George Fox University Karen Hamlin, Susanna Steeg OR: Oregon Writing Project at Southern Oregon University Southern Oregon University Margaret Perrow VA: Shenandoah Valley Writing Project Shenandoah University Mary Tedrow, Mary Bowser
- 3. NWP Board of Directors Judith Warren Little, Chair Professor and Dean Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Chiara Coletti Director of Communications Council of School Supervisors & Administrators, AFL-CIO, New York, NY Ruth Devlin Teacher Paradise Professional Development School Las Vegas, NV Elyse Eidman-Aadahl Executive Director National Writing Project, Berkeley, CA Michael Kane Managing Director Caltius Mezzanine, Los Angeles, CA Kristin Mannion Senior Client Partner Korn/Ferry International, Washington, DC Caryn McTighe Musil Senior Scholar and Director of Civic Learning and Democracy Initiatives Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC Tom Meyer Associate Professor of Secondary Education SUNY New Paltz New York, NY Cindy O'Donnell-Allen Professor of English Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Shirley Robinson Pippins Consultant Memphis, TN Christa Velasquez Lecturer University of Chicago Chicago, IL Scott Widmeyer Managing Partner Widmeyer Communications New York, NY Brian Wong Partner Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP, San Francisco, CA
- 21. “The Only Thing New Under the Sun: 25 Years of the National Writing Project” by Sheridan Blau Read by Tim Dewar
- 22. “The Parallel Universes of Theory and Practice: One Teacher’s Journey” by Beverly Paisano Read by Marcie Wolfe
- 23. “Becoming Your Own Expert: The Teacher as Writer” by Tim Gillespie Read by Richard Louth
- 24. “The Teacher as Researcher” by Marian Mohr Read by Michelle Ohanian
- 26. Will this curriculum and these writing project teaching strategies make a difference in the academic achievement of these students?
- 30. National Programs English Language Learners Network Rural Sites Network Teacher Inquiry Communities Technology Liaisons Network Urban Sites Network Local Site Research Initiative National Reading Initiative New-Teacher Initiative Project Outreach Technology Initiative Directors Retreat E-Anthology New-Site Leadership Institute Professional Writing Retreats State and Regional Networks
- 32. “Teaching in the Time of Dogs” by Todd Goodson Read by Ben Bates
- 33. “Computers and English: Future Tense….Future Perfect” by Stephen Marcus Read by Troy Hicks
- 34. “Why Techquity” by Joe Dillon Read by Sarah Woodard
- 35. The Evaluation of a 40-Year-Old (Reflections on the NWP in 2014)
- 37. What Was It Like in 1974? • Inflation was 11% per year • Average cost of a new house: $34,900 • Gas was $.55 per gallon • Average income $13,900 • Pocket calculators first appear in shops • Nixon resigns after Watergate scandal • Bar code scanners are introduced • The Sting, Blazing Saddles, and Serpico are released • Eric Clapton put out “I Shot the Sheriff”
- 38. Qualitative Research – 1974 Style
- 39. Other Huge Events in 1974 • The Bay Area Writing Project is started by Jim Gray at UC Berkeley. ______________________________________________ _____ • Mary Ann Smith gives her first demonstration at the first summer institute. • Mark St. John begins his doctoral studies at UC Berkeley. • Laura Stokes visits UC Berkeley with her high school classmates. • Elyse Eidman-Aadahl is top student in her sixth grade class.
- 40. People Who Are the Same Age as the NWP NWP
- 41. Mid-Life Crisis? Norman Corwin, writer and director, then 82, quoted in The Ageless Spirit (1992) says: "I remember now that the toughest birthday I ever faced was my fortieth. It was a big symbol, because it said goodbye, goodbye, goodbye to youth. But I think that when one has passed through that age it's like breaking the sound barrier." Ask 40-year-olds today, however, if they are in mid-life, and most of them will tell you they are too young and too busy to think about such things.
- 42. After 40 Years What Has the National Writing Project BECOME?
- 43. An Evaluation Finding The National Writing Project is the nation’s premier example of a NATIONAL IMPROVEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
- 44. The NWP National Infrastructure NWP A National Network Of Nearly 200 Local Sites Thousands of Local Programs and Teacher Support Activities A Hundred Thousand Teachers Supported Each Year in Improving Their Instruction Improved Learning Experiences for Millions of Students Federal and Private Funding Local Funding Sources
- 48. 22 Funders Have Contributed to the NWP Since 1983 ( > $2.5 M ) ( $1.0 - 2.5 M ) ( $100 - 999 K) ( $3 - 99 K) U.S. Department of Education Carnegie Corporation of New York The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation The Wallace Foundation New Venture Fund The Annenberg Foundation The National Endowment for the Humanities The New York Community Trust The Robert Bowne Foundation The Stuart Foundation The W.K. Kellogg Foundation Verizon Foundation W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation Community Foundation of the Ozarks Koret Foundation National Park Foundation The Isabel Allende Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation The Spencer Foundation William T. Grant Foundation
- 49. So What Has the National Writing Project DONE over the Past 40 Years?
- 50. Site Years The NWP network has accumulated over 5000 “site-years” of experience! Years of institutional wisdom of NWP sites 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 1974 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 # years of wisdom
- 51. A Long-lasting Site • This is equivalent to one site running continuously from 3000 BC • Troy is founded • Bronze Age begins • Early agriculture in North Africa • Djet, fourth Pharaoh of Egypt
- 52. Program Hours Over 2,000,000 hours of institutes, inservice, continuity, and community programs since 1974 0 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 20141974
- 53. Program Hours 2 million program hours over 40 years Average of 50,000 program hours per year ~140 hours of programming per day ~25 programs per day every day for 40 years 200 million participant hours (Same as a Superbowl!)
- 54. Leadership Development: Over 80,000 teachers have participated in Summer Invitational Institutes since 1974 0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 1974 2014
- 55. Service to Teachers over Forty Years 80,000 INSTITUTE PARTICIPANTS 40,OOO TEACHER CONSULTANTS 70,000 – 100,000 TEACHERS SERVED PER YEAR 3 – 4 MILLION TEACHERS OVER FORTY YEARS
- 56. Students Estimating total numbers of students reached directly or indirectly in 1 year 45,000 1,945,000 60,000 240,000 1,600,000 students in Young Writers programs students of Institute participants students of 12,000 active TCs students of Inservice participants
- 57. Students More than 200 million students have been touched by the NWP (e.g. they had a teacher who was a participant in an NWP program), about 5 million a year 0 20,000,000 40,000,000 60,000,000 80,000,000 100,000,000 120,000,000 Year 1994- 1995- 1996- 1997- 1998- 1999-- 2000- 2001- 2002- 2003- 2004- 2005- Students who have encountered the NWP (1994 -2006 estimate )
- 58. One in Every Three Sometime during their K-12 years, approximately one in every three students in the United States will have a teacher who has participated in the NWP.
- 59. Evaluation Conclusion At Age 40 …. The National Writing Project is the largest and longest-standing professional development project in the history of the world
- 60. Prescription for Mid-life Well Being The MacArthur Foundation Research Network conducted an interdisciplinary research project on successful midlife development (MIDMAC study). One of the many findings they reported was the identification of six components of well-being in mid-life: • Feeing good about yourself and your life • Maintaining meaningful goals and objectives • Being able to manage the complex demands of daily life • Feeing a sense of personal growth • Having caring and trusting ties with others • Following one's convictions
- 61. A Personal Note We at Inverness have been privileged and honored to have the opportunity to work with the NWP! Inverness Research The NWP (Inverness supports the NWP in doing good work and in garnering support) The NWP SITES NWP supports the sites in doing good work and in garnering support Teachers NWP sites support teachers in doing good work in their classrooms and leadership roles
- 63. Writing in its many forms is the signature means of communication in the 21st century. The NWP envisions a future where every person is an accomplished writer, engaged learner, and active participant in a digital, interconnected world. Our Vision
- 64. The National Writing Project focuses the knowledge, expertise, and leadership of our nation's educators on sustained efforts to improve writing and learning for all learners. Our Mission
- 71. Youth Networking • International Community Voices: International Community High School, Bronx, NY • Linked Communities and STEM: 6 Middle and High Schools in Pittsburgh, PA • Tilden Talks: Tilden Career Community Academy, Chicago, IL • We Too Are Connecticut: Promoting Digital Ubuntu to Engage Student Production: Situated at 6 High Schools Across the State
- 72. Makerspaces • Maker Rings: Birch School, Rock Tavern, NY • Making Our Worlds: 3 Middle Schools in Charlotte/Mecklenburg, NC • Pop-Up and Make: J.H. Rose High School, NC
- 73. Production Studios • Digital Arts Media Production: Kenilworth Junior High School, Petaluma, CA • Learning Studio: Eastern Heights Elementary, St. Paul, MN • Passion Project: Liberty Elementary School, Riverside, CA
- 74. Community Connections • After School and Summer STEM Labs: Aldo Leopold Charter School, New Mexico, NM • Connected Learning and Youth Participatory Action Research: JHS 127, Bronx, NY • Inspired Teaching: Real World History: Center for Inspired Teaching, Washington, DC • Supporting Game Design for Students, Teachers, and Parents in South Central Los Angeles: Critical Design and Gaming School, Los Angeles, CA
- 77. How will we adapt to the demands and needs in this new territory? What resources can we share to help each other do this important work? How can we, the New Forty Generation, collaborate among sites and with outside partners even more successfully to become innovators?
- 78. Email your writings to us! writings@nwp.org