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Inside the National Writing Project: Connecting Network Learning and Classroom Teaching

 

The National Writing Project has become one of the most influential and longest lasting professional development programs in the history of the United States. With 175 school/university sites in 49 states, it has the reputation or being a career-altering professional development experience. This volume looks at the National Writing Project, analyzes what makes it so successful, and shows how other professional development efforts can learn from it.


Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
1. Developing a Network for Teacher Learning and
Professional Development 1

The Role of Teachers in Professional Development 2
Educational Reform and Professional Development Networks 4
The National Writing Project: Its Evolution and Development 5
What We Wanted to Know 9
2. The “Model” and the “Work”: Creating a Social
Context for Learning 12

The “Model”: The Summer Institute 13
Composing Writing, Composing Teaching 19
Social Practices Leading to Professional Community 21
The “Work”: Setting Cultural Conditions for Professional Learning 31
3. Growing the Network 33
The Summer Institute as the Central Organizing Unit 35
Teacher Consultants: Developing the Leadership of the Network 37
The UCLAWriting Project: An Urban Site 38
The Oklahoma State University Writing Project:A Regional Site 43

Table of contents


Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
1. Developing a Network for Teacher Learning and Professional Development 1
The Role of Teachers in Professional Development 2
Educational Reform and Professional Development Networks 4
The National Writing Project: Its Evolution and Development 5
What We Wanted to Know 9
2. The “Model” and the “Work”: Creating a Social Context for Learning 12
The “Model”: The Summer Institute 13
Composing Writing, Composing Teaching 19
Social Practices Leading to Professional Community 21
The “Work”: Setting Cultural Conditions for Professional Learning 31
3. Growing the Network 33
The Summer Institute as the Central Organizing Unit 35
Teacher Consultants: Developing the Leadership of the Network 37
The UCLAWriting Project: An Urban Site 38
The Oklahoma State University Writing Project: A Regional Site 43
Leadership: The Writing Project Way 47
Social Practices and Network Organizing: A Key Lesson in School Reform 50
4. Portraits in Teaching: Connecting Network Learning,  Classroom Teaching, and Student Accomplishment 52
The Initiates: Laura and Lisa 53
Becoming Teacher Leaders: Marlene and Mary 62
The Veterans: Sidonie and Linda 70
The Common Ground 78
5. The National Writing Project: Its Challenges and Contributions 80
Network Way of Organizing: Challenges and Adaptations 81
Networks Embedded in School–University Partnerships 86
Networks, Partnerships, and Coalitions: Occupying a “Third Space” 88
Models and Practices, Not Prescriptions and Recipes 90
Volunteerism Versus Conscription 92
The Changing Social and Political Context 94
Managing Complexity, Diversity, and Change as a Network 95
Professional Development: Joining Inquiry and Community in a Network Context 100
Appendix: Research Design: Teacher Development in a Network Context 103
References 109
Index 113
About the Authors 117



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