Teachers Teaching Teachers
The National Writing Project is the premier effort to improve writing in America. It began at the University of California at Berkeley in 1974 and now has over 200 sites around the country, including the Southern Maine Writing Project at the University of Southern Maine, now in its 5th year. The Writing Project fosters an interdisciplinary community and support system of teachers, administrators, and specialists from all grade levels and content areas, K‑University. More >
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SMWP Mission Statement
The Southern Maine Writing Project is a community of diverse educators passionate about building knowledge and transforming classroom practices across the curriculum to improve writing and learning for all students.
What does the Southern Maine Writing Project offer teachers, administrators, and students?
New Writing Project Publications:
Writing on the Bus by Rich Kent
We’re pleased to announce the publication of Writing on the Bus: Using Athletic Team Notebooks and Journals to Advance Learning and Performance in Sports by Richard Kent, site director of the Maine Writing Project and associate professor of Literacy at the University of Maine.
For more information about this innovative book, check out its resource website: WritingAthletes.com
Available now at Amazon.com The Athlete's Workbook by Rich Kent
The Athlete's Workbook is a complimentary text for Kent's 2011 release: Writing on the Bus. . It is a practical, hands-on book that is the result of research, conversations, and studies with elite athletes and coaches from the NCAA, professional leagues, US National Teams, high school and middle school programs, and sports academies.
This book provides space for athletes to write up their training and reflect on their performances, this workbook is used during sports seasons or the offseason by entire teams or individual athletes. Available now at Amazon.com |
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Creating a Writer's Life
All current and past SMWP Fellows and TCs are welcome to join the SMWP writers' club. Our next gathering will be Tuesday, May 22, 4:30-6:30 at the SMWP office, 305 Bailey Hall. We get together to write, to talk writing, and to inspire ourselves. No dues! No requirements! Just come if you can. Contact Kate Kennedy @ kkennedy@usm.maine.edu for more information.
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Teaching & Learning in a Digital Age
The Southern Maine Writing Project offers tech-focused professional development opportunities for teachers of most grades and content areas. Helping educators engage kids and enhance lessons in a digital age, our teacher consultants provide customizable inservice workshops on topics such as online collaborative workspaces (blogs, Wikis, and Google Docs), dynamic presentation tools (Prezi and Glogster), and multimodal digital composing processes (podcasting and digital storytelling).
For more information and to register, please visit our inservice page or contact Kate Kennedy.
For more information and to register, please visit our inservice page or contact Kate Kennedy.
