The Mission of the NWP and VIWP:

The mission of the National Writing Project is to improve writing and learning in

the nation’s schools. Through its professional development model,

the Virgin Islands Writing Project recognizes the primary importance of teacher knowledge, expertise

and leadership.

· The National Writing Project believes that access to high quality educational

experiences is a basic right of all learners and a cornerstone of equity. Through its

extensive network of teachers, the National Writing Project seeks to promote

exemplary instruction of writing in every classroom in the nation.

· The National Writing Project values diversity — our own as well as that of our

students, their families and their communities. We recognize that our lives and

practices are enriched when those with whom we interact represent diversities of

race, gender, class, ethnicity, and language.

 
Goals

· To improve student writing and learning in K-16 classrooms;

· To extend the uses of writing in all disciplines;

· To provide schools, colleges, and universities with an effective professional role of

  successful classroom teachers.

. Most students can learn most things given enough time and effort.

 

Fulfilling the goals of VIWP...


Summer Institute Participants are deeply immersed in their Writing Activities!.