Collected below are some resources to support your inquiry into and conversations about site sustainability. Sites have used these resources to plan, prepare for, and enrich leadership teams’ conversations about opportunities for sites. Feel free to add your own resources that have worked well at your site.
University
Building and Strengthening University-Site Relations
Strengthening Partnerships Between Sites and Universities: Tips from Site Directors
Schools and Districts
Inservice and Partnerships
Inservice at NWP Sites: Keeping it Relevant
Stronger Together: State and Regional Networks at Work
Creating a Culture of Inquiry Through the Use of Model Lessons
NWP at Rutgers: What We've Learned About School Partnerships
Resourcing Ideas from the Partnership Institute
Integrating Writing Project Practices into a Mandated Program
College-Readiness
Crossing2College: College Readiness in Writing for the San Antonio Area
Technology and Digital Resources
Getting Started: Finding a Community
Promoting 21st Century Skills in Elk Grove Unified School District
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)
Turning STEM into STREAM: Writing as an Essential Component of Science Education
Getting STEM Savvy TBD (resources linked to Ning post)
Content Area Literacy
What’s Next: Possibilities for Literacy and Content Area Learning
Content Area Literacy and Learning—Selected Sources for the 21st Century Adolescent Literacy Reports from Carnegie Corporation Detail Plan of Action
Redefining Content Area Literacy Teacher Education: Finding My Voice through Collaboration
Book Review: Three Books Frame Content Area Literacy in Discussion of 21st Century Literacies
Turning STEM into STREAM: Writing as an Essential Component of Science Education
Diverse and English Language Learners
Teacher Voices: Immigration, Language and Culture
Listen Up: Language Diversity and Literacy Instruction
Supporting Teachers of English Language Learners in Kansas City
Building Culturally Responsive Units of Study: From Texas to Mexico and Back
Keeping Pace in Suburbia and Rural America
ELL Library American Indian Reference/Resource “Must-Haves”
Courageous Conversations: Meeting the Needs of Racially and Linguistically Diverse Students
Youth and Community
Parents as Partners in Literacy Education
Oklahoma's Marshall Plan: Combining Professional Development and Summer Writing Camps
A Visit With the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
Voces Del Corazón: Voices from the Heart
Writing Equals Advocacy for West Texas Writing Project
State and Regional
Stronger Together: State and Regional Networks at Work
Massachusetts Sites Increase Statewide Visibility
State and Regional Networks Gain Focus with Visioning Retreats
Missouri Sites Implement Literacy Academies
Private Foundations
Denise Patmon talks about a new approach to gaining school buy-in at the Boston Writing Project.
