Founded in 1996, the Northwest Indiana Writing Project is a site of the highly acclaimed National Writing Project (NWP) that originated at the University of California, Berkeley in 1973. The National Writing Project has successfully helped teachers, K-college, improve their writing instruction. The NWIWP is a collaborative effort between Purdue University Calumet, the Indiana Department of Education and public school systems in the surrounding area. The NWIWP seeks to improve the writing performance of all students by fulfilling the following goals: to provide teachers with the opportunity to improve their writing instruction, sense of professionalism, and authority; to develop better University and School staff development programs; and to encourage teachers to guide students in discovering their own authentic voices; and to write themselves for personal and professional purposes. Please feel free to browse our site and let us know what we can improve. To contact us, you may reach us at nwiwp@yahoo.com Thanks! Northwest Indiana Writing Project
The NWIWP seeks to improve the writing performance of all students by fulfilling the following goals: to provide teachers with the opportunity to improve their writing instruction, sense of professionalism, and authority; to develop better University and School staff development programs; and to encourage teachers to guide students in discovering their own authentic voices; and to write themselves for personal and professional purposes.
Please feel free to browse our site and let us know what we can improve. To contact us, you may reach us at nwiwp@yahoo.com
Thanks!
Northwest Indiana Writing Project
I have a new awareness of how important it is that I write...I know that I’ll feel less judgmental of my students’ efforts to write as a result of the project, too.
This has been one of the most worthwhile educational processes in which I have ever been privileged to participate and I look forward to continuing my association with the Northwest Indiana Writing Project in the future. I’m changing as a learner every day. I have a wealth of ideas to try...My revision skills have been sharpened and now my revision time is being spent more on ideas than mechanics. You have inspired many of us to become the kinds of teachers we always wanted to be. You have given the children of Northwest Indiana a precious gift. I’m ready to skip summer and get back to school. My fear of poetry no longer exists. I see poetry in a different light now.I honestly learned more from teacher demonstrations than from anything else.... This is the first education class that has been applicable....I am overwhelmed by the creativity and variety in this classroom. I am gaining invaluable experience at such an early stage of my teaching career. This is the first college education class I have taken that taught me something on a daily basis...This class taught me how to use common sense ideas in a practical manner. Results, not just theories. ...I feel that I have gained confidence with my own writing. It was one of the most remarkable classes that I have ever experienced. It was an incredible journey. I am very fortunate to have been chosen to participate in such a wonderful project. I’m most grateful for the wealth of ideas I will use in my classroom. The Northwest Indiana Writing Project helped me redesign my writing program. My students benefited from these changes by gaining confidence in their abilities. The Northwest Indiana Writing Project gave me the confidence that I could trust myself, that I could take educational risks.