NVWP: How NVWP Can Help

How NVWP Can Help

NVWP has a number of services and options to help you stay informed and involved.

I’m an administrator. How can the project help my teachers?

Pass on to your teachers information you receive about project activities. These may include: the Summer Institute; services like English 695 or English 696 or the Language and Learning Conference; or our Young Writers programs for students, the One-Day Workshops and Student Summer Institute.
Consider scheduling an NVWP inservice workshop. We can help you design one that will meet the particular needs of your teachers. Contact us for more information.
Consider taking English 695 or the Summer Institute yourself. Our courses are for administrators as well as for teachers.
Encourage your teachers to attend project activities. Especially encourage your best teachers to consider applying for the Summer Institute.
Nominate your best teachers for the NVWP Summer Institute. NVWP teachers are among the best in Northern Virginia. All have been trained at the five-week Summer Institute. We’re always looking for good teachers to join us.

I’m a Parent or Student. How can the project help me?

Subscribe to the “Young Writers” newsletter to receive information by email about our student and parent workshops, or add the Young Writers RSS Feed to your RSS reader.
If you’re a student, attend a one-day Young Writers Workshop or the two-week Student Summer Institute . If you like to write, you’ll have a great time in this community of other student writers.
If you’re a parent, attend a parent writing workshop , offered the same time as the Young Writers Workshops.
Make a donation to the Writing Project. We’re a non-profit organization, and our state funding was eliminated by recent budget cuts. A donation will help ensure that the project is able to continue to offer student and parent writing programs at a cost that is a real bargain. Donations can be made out to NVWP and sent to: Northern Virginia Writing Project - 3E4 George Mason University - Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
Speak to your PTA about the project offering parent/student workshops in your child’s school. Ask your PTA if they can help offset the cost of the Student Summer Institute for one or more of your school’s deserving students.
Nominate your child’s best teacher for the NVWP Summer Institute. NVWP teachers are among the best in Northern Virginia. All have been trained at the five-week Summer Institute. We’re always looking for good teachers to join us.

I’m a Teacher. How can I learn more?

Subscribe to the NVWP newsletter to be contacted by email of upcoming project activities, or add the site’s RSS feed to your RSS reader.
Attend a conference. Every March we run the Language and Learning Conference, which features presentations by NVWP Teacher/Consultants and a well-known speaker. Recent speakers have included Donald Murray, Donald Graves and Ralph Fletcher.
Take English 695. We regularly run courses in Fairfax and once a year or so in Loudoun, Frederick, Fauquier, Prince William and Alexandria City. If you’d like to know about upcoming English 695 courses, contact the project.
Ask your principal about scheduling an NVWP staff-development workshop in your school. We can work with you and your principal in meeting the needs of your school’s teachers.
Consider becoming an NVWP Teacher/Consultant. All our TCs have gone through the intensive five-week Summer Institute. We begin accepting applications for the Summer Institute in January and conduct interviews in March and April. Most school districts will pay tuition for their teachers, and participants receive a small stipend and six hours of graduate credits in either English or Education from George Mason University.
Encourage your students to attend a Young Writers Workshop or the Student Summer Institute . These programs are for students in grades 5-12 who enjoy writing.