New-Teacher Initiative Events

Organizing to Work with New Teachers at Writing Project Sites

A one-day pre-conference workshop at the Urban Sites Network Conference

April 24, 2009

Hyatt Regency Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky

NWP's New-Teacher Initiative (NTI) supports local writing project sites expanding their work with new teachers (0–3 years' experience) in their service areas, with a particular emphasis on the teaching and learning of writing in high-needs schools. Although writing project sites have served new teachers throughout their history, the impetus for a systematic emphasis on new teachers has grown out of dramatic statistics related to new-teacher retention.

Join your colleagues for a one-day pre-conference workshop at the Urban Sites Network Conference (April 24, 2009) to explore the possibilities of organizing your site's work with your newest colleagues.

• What is happening with the new teachers in your site's service area?
• Are new teachers connected to your site?
• How might they be?

Participation Requirements

This event will be of most interest to leaders who plan and facilitate the work of your site. Sites are encouraged to send teams of two to four site leaders and teacher-consultants, with a limit of four participants per site.

This event is open to the first 60 participants to register.

To Register

Directors wishing to register a site team may do so simply by emailing a letter of intent to Nicki Lewis at nti@nwp.org. The deadline to register is April 10, 2009. Letters should:

• name the participants' site
• provide the name and contact information (phone and email) for each participant
  
• give the name, date, and location of the pre-conference they will be attending.

Note: Participation in this event does not include registration for the 2009 Urban Sites Network Conference. In order to get the information necessary to make your travel and lodging arrangements, as well as to register your team for the 2009 Urban Sites Network Conference, please go to the 2009 Urban Sites Network Conference homepage.

Questions

For more information, contact Nicki Lewis at nti@nwp.org.