The Morehead Writing Project Leadership Team met Saturday, Aug. 29, at Russell Primary School in Russell to plan professional development activities for the region’s teachers including the Kentucky State Writing Project Network Conference and the Writing Eastern Kentucky Conference as well as the production of a digital story detailing the work of the Morehead Writing Project in Eastern Kentucky.
Leadership Team members participating included Kathy Heaberlin of Russell Primary in Russell; Susan Williams and Shane Jordan, both of Russell-McDowell Intermediate in Russell; Stephanie Williams of Montgomery County High School; and Deanna Mascle of Morehead State University.
The Morehead Writing Project (MWP) has worked to improve student writing achievement by improving the teaching of writing in Eastern Kentucky schools for more than two decades. MWP is a federally- and state-funded professional development program whose mission is to help Eastern Kentucky public school teachers become better writers and writing teachers. MWP is affiliated with the National Writing Project, the Kentucky Writing Project, the Kentucky Department of Education, and Morehead State University.
At the core of the MWP is an invitational four-week Summer Institute, open to a select group of Eastern Kentucky’s best public school teachers. All teaching methods are interactive and interdisciplinary. Additionally, the MWP provides year-round contracted and grant-funded outreach programs and teacher training to Eastern Kentucky schools in Morehead State University’s 22-county service region. All MWP programs align with Kentucky Core Content and Program of Studies curricula and the Kentucky Professional Development Standards. As a National Writing Project affiliate, MWP qualifies as an exemplary professional development provider by No Child Left Behind regulations.
Learn more about the Morehead Writing Project by visiting our website at http://moreheadwritingproject.org .