New Site Leadership Institute in Action
Knowing When to Make Coffee: Lessons in Leadership and Change for a New Site Leader
Vicki Holmsten, director of the Bisti Writing Project, reflects on her site's experience of "growing a leadership team," an idea she first heard about when she attended the New-Site Leadership Institute as a new director. She offers six lessons that she learned along the way. More ›
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After the Summer Institute: Opportunities for Teacher Leadership
The National Writing Project, Inverness Research Associates, and Ann Lieberman of the Carnegie Foundation conducted a study on the nature of teacher leadership developed through the writing project. This article highlights teacher-consultants' descriptions of how they contribute to their students, their peers, and their writing project sites. More ›
A Work in Progress: The Benefits of Early Recruitment for the Summer Institute
Site leaders at the Southern Arizona Writing Project needed to increase their pool of summer institute applicants, so they created a plan to recruit early, beginning on the last day of the summer institute. This allowed them to support new fellows in preparing their demonstrations and to introduce them to the writing project culture. More ›
Getting a Jump on the Work of a New Site
The director of the Live Oak Writing Project at the University of Southern Mississippi describes how she launched the site's programs. She learns that when she taps into the energy and expertise of the teacher-consultants, the potential for the site is unlimited. More ›