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Workshops

We currently have over 500 trained Teacher Consultants offering one or more presentations related to the teaching of writing. All presentations include underlying theory and research; activities, including writing; descriptions of classroom experience; samples of student writing; questions, answers, and discussion; and handouts, including an annotated bibliography. Presentation topics are varied but include: The Writing Process, The Writer, Form, Evaluation, Writing Programs, Writing Across the Curriculum, Special Student Populations, Theory and Research, and The Writing Teacher.

Workshop topics include:

• Writing to Learn
• Portfolios
• Working with ESL and LD Students
• Writing Assessment
• Revision
• Reading / Writing Connection
• Commenting on Student Writing
• Analytical Writing

Workshops may be single, or a series of up to fifteen sessions, the equivalent of a semester-long course. Individual schools and school systems interested in presentations related to the use of writing and writing instruction should contact Administrative Assistant Mark Farrington.

The Bernadette Mulholland Glaze
Language & Learning Conference

Held annually in March, and begun in 1987, the Language and Learning Conference has provided opportunities for more than 3,000 teachers to share their knowledge and enthusiasm about writing and the teaching of writing. Centered around a guest speaker well-known in the field of the teaching of writing, the conference also includes presentations by NVWP Teacher Consultants. The Language and Learning Conference has attracted as many as 450 teachers at one time to George Mason University for its all-day program. Read more …

Progoff Workshop

The Progoff workshop is an intensive journal workshop that leads its participants through a series of writing exercises in which they explore the flow of their lives–both the outside, historical part as well as the inner, emotive part–all in complete privacy. The NVWP Progoff Workshop series is run by Teacher/Consultant Vic Kryston and based on the work by Ira Progoff’s Intensive Journal program. Vic Kryston usually offers workshops in the fall and spring of each year. These workshops are open to anyone interested in participating. Read more …

In-Service Offerings

NVWP in-service opportunities include a range of courses and workshops, as well as consultant services that will design and coordinate individual training programs for educational groups.

The NVWP Summer Institute (English 699/Education 600)

This is a five-week intensive program for selected teachers from Northern Virginia who wish to become NVWP Teacher/Consultants. Participating teachers earn six graduate credits from George Mason University. Learn more here.

Writing and Learning Across the Curriculum (English/Education 695)

The purpose of this course is to assist teachers in improving student writing and in the use of writing to learn. Several class sessions consist of presentations by Northern Virginia Writing Project Teacher Consultants that focus on specific aspects of writing to learn. By the end of the course, participants have experienced a number of successful teaching methods that they are able to use in their classrooms.

Individual sections of 695 often have a specific focus. In addition to the “regular” English 695 (Writing to Learn/Writing Across the Curriculum), we offer sections focused on Technology and Writing, Creative Writing, Special Populations (designed for educators interested in working with students with special needs), and The Teaching of Literature (offered summers only, in Fairfax County only).

Theories of Composition (English/Education 697)

This is a course that includes the latest theories of composition instruction and enables participants to develop their own theory of writing instruction. Participants study and make personal connection with educational theory.

Research in Writing: A Teacher-Researcher Seminar (English/Education 696 and 697)

English/Education 696 is designed to acquaint classroom teachers with current research on composing and methods of studying writing in school settings. This course focuses on each participant developing a proposal to study some aspect of composing and on conducting the research. Findings are included in an in-house publication at the end of the course. Three graduate credits in either English or Education. Prerequisite: A course in the teaching of writing, including but not restricted to English 615, English/Education 695, or the NVWP Summer Institute. The intent of the prerequisite is to enable teachers to conduct research on principles they have already been introduced to in a teaching of writing course. Teachers with questions about the course or the prerequisite should contact the NVWP office.

English/Education 697 is a teacher-researcher seminar designed to acquaint teachers with current research methodology in language and learning. Participants in the seminar read research, conduct studies in their classrooms, and write reports of their findings. The seminar is a 3-credit year-long course of study.