Happenings

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.
Visit Nebraska Organizations That Support Writers, an annotated reference of current happenings and resources for writers around Nebraska.
We Love to WriteI 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.
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. 
Students writing in classroom2013 Youth Writing Festival    Nineteen students from all across Nebraska took place in the events...

 

Nebraska State Capitol building2013 Poetry of Place
Read the representative poetry of place written by Nebraska  student poets

 

Susan Martens Carol MacDaniels Teacher of the Year
Susan Martens, “artist-scholar-philosopher-humanitarian-practitioner...”

 

Link to Kearney Marathon2013 Kearney Marathon

Starts with Tango and Ends with Potluck

 

 2013 Spring Gathering
3 Slam poets
North Star Slam Poets perform (story under construction)

 

Vann Price receives Award from Robert Brooke2013 Administrative Support Award
North Star principal Vann Price receives the 2013 award

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.