Happenings

Plan to attend the 2013 nnual Spring Gathering and connect with NeWP participants and supporters!
May 3, 6-8 pm City Campus Union. Pre-registration not required.   See details/print flyer
DEADLINE for Applications to the NeWP Lincoln and Technology Summer Institutes has been extended to April 30, 2013, with notification by May 17th.  Applications to the Memorial Library Nebraska Satellite Seminar on Holocaust Education must be received by May 1st, 2013.
Join with the Nebraska Writing Project and National Park Service July 26th and 27th for the 2013 Agate Teacher Workshop.  Free workshop, limited free lodging, open to all grade leves and content areas.  Preregistration is required.  Print registration form or read more about the Agate Fossil Beds. 
We Love to Write/I Love to Write camps, are weeklong events for families, and students who have completed 2nd through 8th grade. (more)  Both camps run June 24-28th on the UNL campus
Register now for the Young Writers Camp (YWC), a week-long program for high school students (grades 9-12) who consider themselves aspiring writers: song writers, slam poets, short story writers, playwrights, mystery writers, rhyme spinners, any kind of writer at all.  Camp is June 24-28, 2013 on the UNL Campus.
Register now for the spring Youth Writing Festivals–March 23rd at Elkhorn South High School and Grand Island Senior High School on April 27th (deadlines for early registrations are March 1st, and April 1st, 2013).
Plan to attend NeWP’s annual Spring Writing Marathon, held this year in Kearney, Nebraska, on Saturday, April 20th, from 12:00- 6:30 pm.  email susan.r.martens@gmail.com or dorothysue1@gmail.com
  View of Platte RiverFall Marathon and Retreat
NeWPers convened in the ever scenic and serene Platte River State Park.

 

Pen, pad and cup of latte2012 Winter Marathon

NeWP writers spread out in Lincoln's Haymarket, pens and notebooks in hand.

 

Holocaust monument Wyuka Cemetary Lincoln NE2012 Holocaust Seminar
There is no Future Without Memory: Exploring the Holocaust and Social Justice

 

Danielle Helzer writingSpotlight Writer: Danielle Helzer

Gretna High School teacher Danielle Helzer shares her story and her writing.

 

Anne Walden
Carol MacDaniels Teacher of the Year

Long-time NeWP member Anne Walden received the award at NeWP's annual Spring Awards gathering.

 

2012 Poetry of Place Celebration

Student poets read their winning poetry at the State Capitol event May 4th.

 

Sharon Bishop teaching2012 Nebraska Youth Writing Festivals

The Nebraska Writing Project hosts its first Youth Writing Festivals at Elkhorn South High School and the University of Nebraska–Kearney.

 

Centennial Hall Writing MarathonCentennial Hall Writing Marathon
Fall brings the annual excursion of Ms. Knispel’s Expository Writing students to Centennial Hall

 

Welcome


Mission Statement

The Nebraska Writing Project, a network of professional educators and affiliated writers, provides opportunities to improve, enhance and celebrate writing for classrooms and communities across Nebraska.

Belief Statements

  • • The best teachers of writing are writers themselves.
  • • Teachers provide the best instruction for other teachers.
  • • Anyone, no matter their ability level, can improve their writing in a  supportive context with other practicing writers.
  • • True school reform comes through democratic partnerships across grade levels.
  • • Teachers, students and communities benefit when teachers form networks with other teachers and draw on collective expertise.

Goals

  1. To provide educators, through continuing Nebraska Writing Project programs, opportunities to:
    1. write,
    2. network with other teachers,
    3. reflect on and improve teaching, and
    4. act publicly to improve education in our state and region.
  2. To provide schools, colleges, and universities with an effective professional development model.
  3. To identify, celebrate, and enhance the professional roles of successful classroom teachers.