Professional Development
The Chippewa River Writing Project (CRWP), as a site of the National Writing Project (NWP), adheres to a model of “teachers teaching teachers,” and creates local teacher consultants who provide professional development experiences for their colleagues.
Through opportunities such as our invitational summer institute, advanced institutes, and mentorship by site leaders, our teacher consultants are prepared to facilitate a variety of professional development sessions such as half- or whole-day staff workshops, classroom coaching, and week-long institutes. Our cohort of CRWP teacher consultants spans experts from all grade levels, elementary school through college, and can present on a variety of topics such as:
- Creating a writing workshop;
- Conferring with student writers;
- Effective strategies for revision;
- Writing across the curriculum; and
- Integrating technology and writing.
Our professional development experiences engage participants in activities both as writers and teachers of writing. Specifically, we can offer workshops in 90 minute, 3 hour, or 6 hour formats and we aim to customize our services based on local needs for your students, staff, and school. Ideally, we would aim to work with a group of teachers at the school as part of a voluntary professional development experience, and would meet with them periodically over an entire school year, although we can offer one-time events as well.
For more information about our professional development services, please contact Troy Hicks, CRWP Director, at:
Troy Hicks, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
Director, Chippewa River Writing Project
204 Anspach Hall
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
Office: 989-774-3236
Dept: 989-774-3171
troy.hicks@cmich.edu
