The Morehead Writing Project Leadership Team met Saturday, Dec. 5 in Russell to work on its Continued Funding Application for the National Writing Project and to plan for a smooth leadership transition in 2010.
Leadership Team members participating included Kathy Heaberlin of Russell Primary in Russell; Susan Williams of Russell-McDowell Intermediate in Russell; Brandie Trent of Fleming County High School; Stephanie Williams and Liz Mandrell, both of Montgomery County High School; Rebecca King of Pikeville High School; Austen Reilley of McBrayer Elementary in Rowan County; 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 .