Warner Hosts National Writing Project Site

With the help of a $30,000 grant from the National Writing Project, the University's Warner School of Education created a professional development program that will help local teachers improve the quality of student writing.

The Genesee Valley Writing Project, which is housed at Warner, provides teachers and students from Monroe and surrounding counties with a four-week summer workshop, school-based in-service workshops, collaborative programs, and teacher study groups.

The emphasis on writing is particularly timely because many school districts are putting literacy at the top of their agendas. The program is the local arm of the National Writing Project, a federally funded professional development program with nearly 200 sites. Meg Callahan, assistant professor in teaching and curriculum at the Warner School, is leading the local project.