Chippewa River Writing Project
A site of the National Writing Project at Central Michigan University
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Summer Institute
As a site of the National Writing Project, the Chippewa River Writing Project adheres to a model of “teachers teaching teachers” and invites you to join us summer institutes that will engage you as a writer and teacher of writing.
Beaver Island
Since 2016, the CRWP has invited K-12 teachers to CMU’s Biological Station on Beaver Island to participate in collaborative, inquiry-based workshops and field experiences.
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.
Continuity
After they participate in an invitational summer institute, CRWP teachers meet through to reconnect with one another, share their writing, and celebrate teaching.
Upcoming Events
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Summer Institute 2024 with the Literacy Center at CMU
Join the Literacy Center this summer for a two-day conference on Tuesday & Wednesday, June 25th & 26th, 2024. We will have topics for literacy educators across the PreK to 12th grade with strands for early/elementary literacy and adolescent literacy. Once again, thanks to our generous donor, the Literacy Center will offer a stipend for your participation, free SCECHs or MiRegistry hours, and housing at CMU – as well as lunch and snacks both days! Stay tuned for more info soon!
Beaver Island Institute
Participants have been selected for our August 2024 Beaver Island Institute. Please watch your email for more information.
CRWP’s 15th Anniversary!
Join us for a CRWP Reunion!
Watch your mail for an invitation to a continuity event to celebrate 15 years of the Chippewa River Writing Project.
Chippewa River Writing Project Land Acknowledgement
The Chippewa River Writing Project is based at Central Michigan University, located in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, on the ancestral grounds of the Council of Three Fires, the Anishinaabe, of whom the traditional Saginaw Chippewa Nation is one.
Founded in 1892 as Central Michigan Normal School, we acknowledge that CMU is located on the ancestral grounds of the Council of Three Fires, the Anishinaabe, of whom the traditional Saginaw Chippewa Nation is one. Ceded in the 1855 and 1864 treaties, this land became the Isabella Indian Reservation, and is still shared today.
It is our responsibility to care for this land and its peoples, and to be intentional and inclusive in our work. We recognize that this acknowledgement is only meaningful when combined with purposeful actions and genuine relationships that honor the land and its people. These actions include but are not limited to advocating for the histories, cultures, languages, and the territorial rights of historic Indigenous peoples, in Michigan and beyond.
As our writing project grows to include members from outside Mt Pleasant, we invite all CRWP members to recognize their own connection to the lands on which they reside and to honor their own responsibilities to the original keepers of those lands.