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Policy and Reform - Teacher Leadership
A Reunion and a Patchwork Quilt: Taking the Directors Retreat Home
June 2008
Nick Coles
Site leaders who attended the 2007 Directors Retreat reunite to talk about the programs and changes they've implemented at their sites. The Directors Retreat experience continues to live on in unexpected ways.
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Rural Leaders, Rural Places: Problem, Privilege, and Possibility
May 2008
Kathleen Budge
Kathleen Budge reveals the disconnect between educators' feelings of privilege residing in a rural community and problems they see for their students in these communities. She calls for "critical leadership of place" based on awareness of this paradox.
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Transforming Writing: Teacher-Consultants Lead Change in Their Schools
September 2007
Linda Friedrich
This article analyzes the stories of NWP Vignette Study participants who facilitated change in their schools, identifying and elaborating upon three concepts that seem key to successful leadership within a school.
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Teachers, Writers, Leaders
Educational Leadership,
September 2007
Ann Lieberman, Linda Friedrich
Using data from NWP's Vignette Study, the authors describe how teachers take on leadership roles and how building community is crucial to their success.
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After the Summer Institute: Opportunities for Teacher Leadership
The Voice,
2005
Linda Friedrich
The National Writing Project, along with Inverness Research Associates and Ann Lieberman of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, has launched a study on the nature of teacher leadership developed through the writing project. This article, drawing on interview data from the study, highlights TCs' descriptions of how they contribute to their students, their peers, and their writing project sites, and how their connection with their local writing project nurtures them as teachers and leaders...
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The Professional Leadership Development Project
National Writing Project At Work,
March 2005
Zsa Boykin, Sarah Robbins, Jennifer Scrivner
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The Saginaw Teacher Study Group Movement: From Pilot to Districtwide Study Groups in Four Years
National Writing Project At Work,
March 2005
Mary Calliari, Janet Rentsch, Mary Weaver
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Completing the Paradigm Shift to Process Writing: The Need to Lead
The Quarterly,
Winter 2003
Samuel Totten
Largely as a result of the National Writing Project, thousands of teachers have been introduced to and affected by what researchers know of the best practice in the teaching of writing. Yet, according to Samuel Totten, the writing reforms that have occurred in individual classrooms have not taken hold to the point where there has been a "paradigm shift" in the way writing is taught. In this article, Totten argues that this "shift will not be made anytime soon without the full leadership, support, and resources of district and school administrators." This piece details the steps that can make this happen.
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The Fledgling Years: Lessons from the First Four Years of the NWP in Vermont
National Writing Project at Work,
November 2002
Patricia McGonegal, Anne Watson
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Fledgling Activist Takes Wing: Testifying for What I Believe In
The Voice,
November-December 2000
Carrie Holmberg
Fourth-grade teacher Carrie Holmberg's experience testifying about a National Board Certification bill in California gave her insight into effective testimony and inspired her to further activism.
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Leadership Profiles: Idaho Site Director Has Energy to Spare
The Voice,
September-October 2000
Art Peterson
This new Voice feature—highlighting NWP network leaders--profiles Elinor Michel, director of the Northwest Inland Writing Project, and features descriptions of some of her site's yearly events.
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Tapping the Potential: Building Teacher Leadership While Rethinking Your Site
The Voice,
January-February 2000
Ellen Brinkley, Anne-Marie Hall
Why is it that some directors stick around for years and others do not? Why do some "burn out" while others are energized by their work?
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Teachers Telling Teachers About the NWP
The Voice,
March-April 2000
Karen Kinney
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NWP Director Tackles Standards, National Site Support
The Voice,
September-October 1999
Art Peterson
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Book Review: Deciding to Lead, by Denny Wolfe and Joseph Antinarella
The Quarterly,
Winter 1998
Joseph Milner
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The Seven-Year Itch: Politics and Literacy
The Quarterly,
Summer 1997
Lucia Villarreal
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Long Hours, Low Pay, Endless Compromises: The Not-So-Big Jump from Teaching to Politicking
The Voice,
Fall 1996
Fran Simone
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One Director's Role as Leader, Contextualizer, Researcher, Enabler, and Site Conscience
The Voice,
Summer 1996
Sheridan Blau
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