Happenings

Applications are being accepted for the NeWP Lincoln and Technology Summer Institutes, and the Memorial Library Nebraska Satellite Seminar on Holocaust Education.  
Teachers and students, plan now to submit poetry to the 2013 Poetry of Place event.
  View of Platte RiverFall Marathon and Retreat
NeWPers convened in the ever scenic and serene Platte River State Park.

 

2012 Winter Marathon

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

 

2012 Holocaust Seminar
There is no Future Without Memory: Exploring the Holocaust and Social Justice

 

Spotlight Writer: Danielle Helzer

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

 

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.

 

2012 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 Writing Centennial 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.