Category: Professional Development
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CRWP Attends NWP 2010-11 Annual Meeting in Orlando
November 17th, 2010 marked the kick-off of the National Writing Project’s 2010-11 Annual Meeting, staged this year in sunny Orlando, Florida. Eleven members of the Chippewa River Writing Project’s leadership team traded chilly Michigan temperatures for the chance to exchange ideas with NWP colleagues from around the nation (and around the world) during the three-day event,…
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Renewing Her Passion For Teaching: A Profile of Erin Busch-Grabmeyer
Nine years after completing her undergraduate degree in the English Education program in 2001, high school teacher Erin Busch-Grabmeyer still keeps Central Michigan University close to her heart. In her eighth year at St. Louis High School, just south of Mt. Pleasant, Busch-Grabmeyer continues to renew her passion for teaching. Her recent work as a participant…
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CRWP Teachers Share Ideas at Fall Conferences
It has been a busy fall for CRWP Teacher Consultants, as they have been presenting their classroom research at conferences around the state. From inspiring students to write their own novels, to engaging them with Shakespeare through music and other media, CRWP teacher consultants have been sharing their innovative teaching practices with audiences of their peers.…
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Because Digital Writing Matters
Just released by the National Writing Project and published by Jossey-Bass, Because Digital Writing Matters features a number of NWP teacher consultants and was co-authored by Dànielle Nicole DeVoss, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, and Troy Hicks. Hicks, founding director of the Chippewa River Writing Project, has worked on a number of technology and literacy initiatives over the course of…