Exploring Partnerships for Literacy Learning

Date: November 14, 2013

Summary: Writing Project site leaders around the country are looking for ways to join forces with like-minded collaborators to provide learning opportunities for teachers and students. In this episode of NWP Radio, we heard from Writing Project site leaders about some innovative approaches to educational partnerships that are working locally.

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Rhonda Sutton of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Writing Project on key ideas that people should know about the Being a Writer program:

There are really three key ideas that people should continue to think about. One is the core belief between Writing Project sites and Being a Writer, which are: to provide time for writing; that students choose their writing topic and they're writing for real audiences; and that there is modeling of good writing. In addition to that, I also think that it's important for people to understand, too, that being a writer is about giving students the ability to write clearly, creatively, and purposefully for sustained periods of time. And lastly, the instruction of the program supports the development of the writer rather than the writing."

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Related Resources Discussed on the Show

• Developing and Sustaining Long-Term School Partnerships
• Missouri Sites Implement Literacy Academies
• Local Sites Research Initiative V Missouri Writing Projects Network Study of Missouri Literacy Academies
• NWP at Rutgers: What We've Learned About School Partnerships
• Northwestern State University of Louisiana
• Northern California Writing Project
• Northern California Writing Project: Educator Programs
• Developmental Studies Center