March 2023:

• Write Now Teacher Studio in the NWP Newsletter

• ​Books Along The Teche Literary Contest Information

February 2023:

• "Practicing Self-Care: 5 Tips for Teachers"

• We Love Teaching.org Promotes "We Love Teaching Week" 

• UL LAgniappe 2023 Professional Educators Conference

January 2023:

• https://www.katc.com/news/lafayette-parish/lafayette-public-library-launches-writes-of-spring-writing-contest

• NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing and Promising Young Writers Awards

November 2022:

• PBS TeachersLounge article written by Mary Kate Lonergan titled "WHAT Is Media Literacy and HOW Can Simple Shifts Center It"

• Common Sense Education article written by Christine Elgersma titled "Ralph Breaks the Internet: SEL & Digital Citizenship Movie Guide & Lesson Plan"

• QuickSchools.com article written by Elya Nadzri titled, "For This Back to School Season 2022, Let’s Not Forget Our Student’s Mental Health"

• The Edvocate article by Matthew Lynch titled "24 WAYS TO STOP KIDS FROM WANDERING AROUND THE CLASSROOM NEEDLESSLY"

 

October 2022:

• New York Times article titled "What Students Are Saying About How Their Teachers Have Shaped Them"

• EducationWeek article written by Madeline Will titled "How to Shake the ‘October Blues’ and Rediscover the Joy in Teaching"

• Our October Short Story Society meeting is October 13th!

• Reminder that NWP's Write Out 2022 begins in 4 days! Write Out 2022 will be STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math)-Powered to align with the National Park Service theme for October.

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September 2022:

• NWP's Write Out 2022

• #NCTEBannedBooksWeek

• HMH article written by Zoe Del Mar titled "6 Classroom Management Strategies for Elementary Teachers"

• NWP Radio, in partnership with the Connecticut Writing Project at Fairfield and Penguin Random House Books, has launched a special series called “The Write Time”

 

August 2022:

• Southern Screen 2022 Festival

• The Arts Grants for Teachers program is funded by the Lafayette Parish School System and coordinated by Acadiana Center for the Arts.

 

July 2022:

• Read EducationWeek's Classroom Q&A with Larry Ferlazzo Opinion Blog Piece titled "How to Help Students Embrace Reading. Educators Weigh In"

• From EdSurge’s Promethean: “The demands of teachers are immense and seemingly endless. Promethean’s Head of Professional Development along with teacher contributors Brittany and Hailey will be hosting an open panel discussion around the social and emotional needs of educators.”​ To register to attend the live one hour webinar panel on August 2nd from at 3PM or 7PM, use this link!

• Check out this EducationWorld article written by Amelia Ellis, "Starting a Class Museum with Student-Designed Exhibits" to learn about a fun classroom activity as an alternative to a field trip!

• New York Times bestselling author, Jerry Craft presents "Make the Books You Wish For: Why Youth Need Protagonists They Recognize"

June 2022:​

• ModelTeaching article, "The Marble Jar Reward System as an Extrinsic Positive Behavior Reinforcer"

• Tim Walker's neaToday article, "Make Educator Well-Being a Priority Now"

• Check out Shannon Guerin's blog post, "Keep Summer Learning Fun" with Discovery Education to learn about their resources!

• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Live Conference 2022

 

May 2022:

• Introducing NWP-A's Short Story Society!

• Through the Office of Professional and Continuing Education, Dr. Kreamer is offering a virtual course titled: “Encouraging the Writer Within” between July 5-29th designed to support in-service teachers as writers and teachers of writing on the OpenLearning platform.

• Learn NWP’s Approach to Teaching Argument Writing!

• The Write Time, an NWP Radio Series, has an episode coming out May 10th at 7pm with Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones

 

April 2022:

• Read a list of teacher tips from the professors of University of Tennessee Chattanooga!

• The Golden Die Contest will award a prize of $1,000 to the best poem written using Metaphor Dice. Additionally, a student winner will receive $500 and 25 sets of Metaphor Dice. All poems submitted to this contest will automatically be considered for publication in Poetry by Chance: An Anthology Powered by Metaphor Dice to be published by Button Poetry in 2023. The complete list of the official words is available through this link. Access submission guidelines here!

• NWP offers a free online course on their approach to teaching argumentative writing!

 

March 2022

• This week we are sharing about National Council of Teachers of English’s (NCTE) 2022 National Poetry Month Book Giveaway! If you are an NCTE member, you have an opportunity to win a set of 100 copies of Amanda Gorman’s CALL US WHAT WE CARRY. A winner will be chosen for all 30 days in April!

• Shake It Up Learning blog post written by Kasey Bell titled “10 Things for Teachers to Try in 2022"

• This week we are sharing a teaching strategy titled "Head, Heart, Conscious" from the resource library of Facing History and Ourselves

• PBSTeachersLounge blog post written by Shelly Bautista titled “10 Resources For Your Classroom in 2022”

 

February 2022

• Model Teaching article titled “Reverse Brainstorming: A Method to Build Creativity in Your Classroom”

• EdSurge article sponsored by EDULASTIC and written by Michael Niehoff titled “To Truly Measure Student Growth, Learning Experiences Must Be Personalized”. This article is part of the EdSurge guide: “How is Technology Shaping the Future of K-12 Education?”

• The first of a two-part series of an EdWeek blog by Larry Ferlazzo titled “The Best and Worst This About This School Year—According to Students"

• WeAreTeachers advice column post written by Elizabeth Pappas titled “Help! Half My Class is Out with COVID”

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January 2022​

• University of Michigan LSA Technology Services article titled “Sticky Notes: The Low Tech Teaching Tool”.

• EF Teacher Zone article by Maria Inês Teixeira, titled “Three in-class approaches to increasing student confidence”

• We’re encouraging you to explore the Understood Podcast Network as they recently launched ‘The Opportunity Gap’, a podcast for families with kids of color who learn and think differently.

• MiddleWeb article by Rick Wormeli titled, “5 Special Strategies for Teaching Tweens”

 

December 2021

• TeacherVision article about Positive Classroom Behavior by Pearson Education Development Group titled, “Laying the Foundation for Positive Classroom Behavior”

• Education Degree article by District Superintendent Jon Konen titled, “How to Choose a Teaching Certificate Specialty”

• Deans For Impact blog post by Rebekah Berlin titled, “Putting learning science in practice: Using examples and non-examples”

• Hey Teach! article by Suzanne Capek Tingley titled, “Teacher Frustration: When Is Venting Good, When Is It Bad?”

 

November 2021

• November Learning article by Alan November titled, “Solve to Involve: The Power of Students Designing Their Own Problems”

• Chalk article titled, “10 Tips for Keeping Your Teachers Motivated”.

• McGraw Hill article written by Anna Johnson titled, “3 Key Steps When Handling Situations Involving Cheating”

• Responsive Classroom article written by Christine Diaz titled, “Apps That Grew My Responsive Classroom Practices Despite the Hurdles COVID Created​”

• Angela Watson’s The Cornerstone for Teachers offers this teacher tip podcast and article topic: “How to beat the October Blues and regain your enthusiasm for teaching”

 

October 2021

• Happy Teacher Revolution 

• The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) offers free Web Seminars. Web Seminar Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 6pm titled “Teacher Tip Tuesday: Investigating the Value of Trees, at Home and in the Amazon Rainforest”. 

• Write the World’s Poetry Program is offering Virtual Poetry Workshops.

• Teaching Channel article by Christopher Bronke “Combating the Chaos: 3 Cs for a Well-Managed Classroom”.

 

September 2021

• Virtual Inaugural Reading with Louisiana’s Newest Poet Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy 9/29 at 7pm Central Time. Use this Louisiana Endowment For The Humanities Link to register for this free webinar!

• From Common Sense Education​ website, Tanner Higgin wrote an article on the best digital libraries for kids and students. 

• From Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s (HMH) website, Jean Evans, M.Ed., discusses 4 trauma-informed teacher strategies! 

• The Learning Network. Check out their website to find activities for students including writing prompts, quizzes, films and contests, and resources for teachers such as lesson plans, webinars, and professional development tools! 

 

August 2021​

• Edmentum is a website offering a variety of resources for teachers including products, services, and a blog to keep teachers updated with the latest school tips and materials!

• Angela Watson’s The Cornerstone for Teachers is a website offering practical resources to help teachers live a more purposeful and conscious life. This week's article is written by Tricia Maher: "Students won’t answer questions? Have them generate their own."

• As part of #writeacrossamerica 2021, you can plan your own VIRTUAL WRITING MARATHON for you and your students this school year! To get started, check out this great planning resource guide!

 

July 2021

• We are so excited to be involved with this fantastic fundraiser for The Festival of Words Cultural Arts Collective! Several LPSS GEAR UP Improving the Blank Page alums are participating, along with the National Writing Project of Acadiana leadership team.

• “The Write Time” -- 5th grade teacher and leader with Boise State Writing Project will be interviewing New York Times Best Selling author and illustrator Rachel Ignotofsky. 

• The UL Lafayette Educators Rising Collegiate Chapter & UL Lafayette College of Education Alumni Chapter are hosting a "New Teacher Supply Drive."

• The National WRITE Center is offering webinars and access to free resources that focus on secondary writing instruction! On July 21st, Trica Ebarvia of the Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project is hosting the webinar “Get Free: Anti-Bias Literacy Instruction for Stronger Readers, Writers, and Thinkers” from 1-2:30pm. 

 

June 2021

• "12 Free Learning Apps and Websites for Kids at Home This Summer"

• "Here’s why students don’t revise what they write — and why they should"

• Responsive Classroom Summer Institutes for Professional Development

• “Art Meets Life Meets Art: A Creative Writing Workshop".​

• #WriteAcrossAmerica -- virtual writing marathon

 

May 2021

• "Celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week: An Open Love Letter to the National Writing Project Network"

• "TEACHER EVALUATION: A TRANSITION GUIDE TO EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE"

• "8 Essential Teaching Tips from Someone Who Has Seen It All"

• NWP Virtual Write Now Teacher Studio Tickets --June 3rd

 

April 2021

• "A New Perspective On Student Self-Reflection" 

• “Motivation and Habits: Three Steps to Building Student Agency"

• Write The World Writing Workshops

 

March 2021

• “To Teach Effective Writing, Model Effective Writing”

• “Why Teachers May Want to Try Writing as a Hobby”

• “4 SEL Strategies for Transition Back to In-Person Learning"

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