The 35-year-old California Writing Project is a network of seventeen regional sites, nine housed on University of California campuses and eight on California State University campuses. Every year, over 25,000 teachers participate in CWP campus, school, and district programs. These teachers, representing all grade levels, from kindergarten through university, often teach in disciplines other than English. The project also provides programs that serve administrators, paraprofessionals, students, and parents.
The California Writing Project has a central mission: to improve student writing and learning by improving the teaching of writing. By having successful teachers of writing teach their colleagues, CWP is able to conduct significant numbers of programs each year, for example, over 2,000 programs in 2008-2009.
While over 80% of CWP programs take place in schools and districts, teachers are always welcome to join the project as individuals. One of the hallmarks of CWP is ensuring access for every interested teacher.
For information on the programs, resources, and research of the California Writing Project and its 17 regional sites, link to http://www.californiawritingproject.org.
California Writing Project