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The Northern Kentucky Writing Project is designed to turn outstanding teachers into outstanding teachers of writing, no matter what their area of specialization. Whether you teach science, history or mathematics, excellent writing can play an enriching role in your classroom, helping both you and your students reach new heights.
When you apply to be a NKWP Fellow, you’re making a commitment to become a more effective writer and, by extension, a better teacher. That is no small accomplishment, and those selected to be Writing Project Fellows for 2009 are expected to exert themselves in a fulfilling, year-long program of study, training and – most important – writing. The NKWP curriculum is based on the fundamental belief that, in order to teach writing effectively, you must first be an effective writer.
The centerpiece of an NKWP Fellowship is the four week Summer Institute, which brings teachers from school districts across Northern Kentucky to Northern Kentucky University for an intensive set of writer’s workshops and seminars. The Institute is, participants say, a life-changing experience, challenging and fulfilling and energizing in a way that few things are. At the Institute, you’ll write every single day, and you’ll share your writing with the other NKWP fellows in honest, critical discussion. It’s in these workshops where the learning really takes place, and when you’re done you’ll have selected and developed at least one piece of writing for publication in the 2009 NKWP Anthology
 An NKWP Fellowship is much more that just a four week course, however. It is a year-long program of learning and growth.
• In May, 2009, you’ll attend the day-long Pre-Institute Meeting. You’ll meet the other NKWP Fellows and receive details of the year to come, as well as some critical reading assignments.
• From June 15 through July 10, you’ll attend the Summer Institute at Northern Kentucky University.
• You’ll attend and participate in follow-up meetings to be held in October and December, 2009, and in February, 2010. (Dates are subject to change.)
• You’ll serve on one of several NKWP Task Forces during the year of your fellowship.
• You’ll prepare and submit a proposal to the Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts Annual Conference in February 2010.
• In April 2010, you’ll prepare a Leadership Portfolio, and help plan and prepare the Pre-Institute Meeting (which will be held in May 2010) for the 2010 class of Fellows.
• Present at the NKWP Mini-Conference in April 2010
It is a year like no other, a year of both personal and professional growth. When it’s done, if you apply yourself and, as Lee Iacocca advised, get all the education you can, you’ll be someone ready to not just stand there, but to make something happen. That something will be to change the lives of your students by turning them into better writers and thinkers.
The program works; research and the experience of our alumni prove it.
Come be part of the future.
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