Every year National Writing Project teachers lead programs where teachers across the nation learn how to help youth research and form arguments, expand their learning beyond the classroom walls, and publish their writing about topics that matter to them. The Morehead Writing Project has been an affiliate of the National Writing Project and a part of the Kentucky Writing Project network since 1986. Throughout that time the Morehead Writing Project has also been a valued partner of the Kentucky Department of Education.
The National Writing Project mission:
- Puts teachers’ knowledge to work to improve the teaching of writing
- Identifies and supports great teacher-leaders via leadership institutes that mix it up, bringing together experienced teachers of different grade levels and disciplines inviting them to surface their successful practice, activate an inquiry stance toward educational challenges, and innovate and test new approaches and ideas.
The Morehead Writing Project mission:
- Identifies and supports great teacher-leaders to improve the teaching of writing via our annual summer institute and other programs
- Evangelizes for the power and magic of writing as an intrinsic good as well as a powerful force for life, learning, and comprehensive literacy by offering programs for writers of all ages
Morehead Writing Project’s goals:
- Re-establishing our path to leadership for our teacher-leaders
- Cultivating our relationships with pre-service teachers at Morehead State University
Leadership Team:
Director Dr. Eric Morris, post-secondary
Co-Directors:
- Leslie Workman, Fairview Elementary
- Mandy Lawson, Warfield Elementary (Martin County)
- Dr. Deanna Mascle, director emeritus
Current Programs:
- Just Write (Rebel Cartographers) Virtual Writing Group: Karen VanKirk
- Online Summer Institute: Leslie Workman
- American Creed (NWP): Citizen Power: Eric Morris
- Write Across America (NWP): Deanna Mascle
- Leadership Transition Network (NWP): Deanna Mascle and Eric Morris
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Office Location
315 Breckinridge, Morehead State University Morehead, KY 40351
Mailing Address
Morehead Writing Project
150 University Blvd.
Morehead, KY 40351