Authors

Mary Ann Smith

Bay Area Writing Project, National Writing Project

Mary Ann Smith was one of twenty-five teachers to attend a five-week summer institute at the University of California, Berkeley, taught by Jim Gray in summer 1974. The teachers returned after the summer to their schools to conduct in-service workshops for their colleagues. These workshops led to the Writing Project model.

Smith left the classroom in 1984 to work full time with Jim Gray on the Bay Area Writing Project and eventually became the program's director. She went on to become Executive Director of the California Writing Project and worked in various roles for the National Writing Project.

• Assessing Writing, Teaching Writers
  Putting the Analytic Writing Continuum to Work in Your Classroom
• The Whole Story
  Teachers Talk About Portfolios
• Uncommonly Good Ideas
  Teaching Writing in the Common Core Era
• Wise Eyes
  Prompting for Meaningful Student Writing

• The Story Behind Because Writing Matters
  The Voice, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2003
• Remembering Charles Mazer
  The Voice, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2002
• Assessment Challenges in the Common Core Era
  English Journal, Vol. 103, No. 1, 2013
• Horn Island and Beyond: Mississippi Teachers Find Inspiration for a New Curriculum
  The Voice, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2005
• NWP Plunges Teachers Into Specific Expertise With a Thorough Immersion in Writing
  Journal of Staff Development, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2006
• Talking About Portfolios
  The Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 2, 1990
• "Could You Please Come and Do Portfolio Assessment For Us?"
  The Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 1, 1992
• It Takes a School
  The Voice, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2004
• Remembering Jim Gray
  The Voice, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2006
• Learning About Ourselves from Looking at Others
  The Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2003
• Site Lines: Mind the Gap
  The Voice, Vol. 5, No. 4, 2000
• Testifying for Writing: NWP Teachers and Other Educators Speak Out
  The Voice, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2006
• How Teachers Teach Teachers
  The Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 3, 1987
• Memories of Miriam
  The Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 4, 1994
• Writing Projects and Writing Assessment
  The Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1987
• Are You Ready for College Writing?
  The Voice, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2005
• Remembering Jo Fyfe
  The Voice, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2004
• Talking with Jeff Wilhelm: A Preview of the 2005 NWP Spring Meeting
  The Voice, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2005
• The National Writing Project After 22 Years
  Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 77, No. 10, 1996
• A Marriage That Worked: The Department of Defense Dependents Schools and the NWP
  Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 81, No. 8, 2000
• The National Writing Project Commemorates Its Founding
  Council Chronicle, 2003
• National Writing Project Earns a Place in Clinton's Budget
  The Voice, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1998
• Finding Your Way Into the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (Obey-Porter)
  The Voice, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1998
• Reflections on Annual Meetings Past
  The Voice, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1999