NWIWP has trained the best teachers in the Region to become Teacher/Consultants, capable of providing informative and exciting staff-development workshops in K-12 Language Arts. These programs cover recent trends as well as methods that research has proven effective for over the past quarter century.

One of the hallmarks of the NWIWP is its annual Summer Invitational Institute, an intensive four-week journey through the latest in writing pedagogy.  Open to teachers k-16 in all disciplines, the Summer Institute provides six graduate credits through Purdue University Calumet, three in English and three in Education.  Click here for more information about the Summer Institute.

Depending on your school’s or system’s needs, workshops range from a single 90 minute session to a 45 hour professional Workshop Series for which teachers may receive graduate credit.  See our Programs page for more detailed information on the types of in-service programs we offer.

Becoming a participating member comes with perks.  Once again, this year we are requesting only a single fee of $1025, which will cover not just a single teacher but up to three (3) teachers accepted to the Summer Institute from your school/district, and which covers the school year continuity programs as well as the Advanced Institute. However, this fee will not be voided if your district does not have any teachers selected to attend the summer program. While this change will cost you far less money, it will provide NWIWP with greater financial stability in matching our grants. Because the Summer Institute provides six graduate credits (three in English and three in Education), $1025 is a wonderful value for teachers and schools.

WHAT DOES THE $1025 PARTICIPATION FEE COVER?

Summer Institute:  Up to three teachers from a participating/committed district can attend our 4-week Summer Invitational Institute.  There is no cost to the teachers, and upon completion of the Institute participants will receive six graduate credits from Purdue University.

Advanced Institute:  Any number of teachers (NWIWP affiliation is not required) from a participating/committed district can attend our Advanced Institute at no cost, which is a one-day literacy conference featuring concurrent sessions and a keynote speaker at lunch.  Keynote speakers from previous years include author David Gutterson, Indiana author Cathy Day, Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, children’s author Jim Aylesworth, and former Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Suellen Reed.

Continuity Programs:  Any number of teachers (NWIWP affiliation is not required) and students from a participating/committed district can attend our continuity programs at no cost.  Examples of previous continuity programs include nationally-recognized literacy speaker Barry Lane, a performance by Poetry Alive!, an evening with naturalist and author Sy Montgomery, a murder-mystery retreat featuring mystery writer Vicki Stiefel, and the Holocaust play Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project.

Note:  Please sign and fax/send the School Commitment Letter by December 10, 2010.  We need your support to continue to offer high-quality professional development to your teachers!