CWP Support for School and District NCLB Plans

Because writing matters, the California Writing Project supports teachers and students, schools and districts with a model of professional development that has a thirty-year track record of success and effectiveness.

CWP professional development programs provide:

• research-based methods in the teaching of writing
• standards-aligned professional development that districts can use to meet HOUSSE requirements
• intensive support for improving student achievement and preparing students for high-stakes, state and university writing assessments
• special attention to the academic needs of English learners
• collaboration with schools and districts to meet adequate yearly progress
• designs for comprehensive, effective writing programs
• strategies for using technology as a tool to teach and improve writing.

As affiliates of the National Writing Project, the seventeen sites of the California Writing Project are:

• authorized under NCLB, Title II, Part C as providers of standards-aligned professional development for teachers and administrators
• eligible for funding under:
  Title I, Part A –
  • professional development and mentoring programs for Title I schools and teachers
    
  Title II, Part A –
  • professional development for helping teachers meet NCLB teacher requirements
    
  • professional development in subject-matter knowledge, improving teaching skills, assisting teachers to use California’s academic content standards and student achievement standards, and state assessments to improve student achievement.
    
  Title II, Part D –
  • professional development focused on enhancing education through technology
    
  Title III, Part A –
  • professional development focused on improving instruction for English learners
    
  Title VII, Part A –
  • professional development focused on improving the instruction of Native American students.

As affiliates of the California Subject Matter Projects, the seventeen sites of the California Writing Project are SB 472 providers for the 80-hour professional development follow-up component to the 40-hour English/Language Arts instructional materials training.

The CWP professional development model is validated by research and by studies of student achievement, at the local and national level:

	Documenting the Effectiveness of the California Writing Project
	Summary of Evaluation and Research Findings (Inverness Research Associates)
	Summary of Research Findings: Redesigning Professional Development (Ann Lieberman and Diane R. Wood)
	California Writing Project: Models of Professional Development
	NWP In Brief: Improving Student Writing Through Effective Classroom Practices
	What Works in the Middle: Results-Based Staff Development (National Staff Development Council)

Research and Knowledge Base for the CWP Model and Programs:

	Because Writing Matters: Improving Writing in Our Schools
	CWP Research and Knowledge Base for Programs that Support California’s NCLB Plan
	What Administrators Say About Partnering with the California Writing Project
	The Neglected “R”: The Need for a Writing Revolution, a report from the National Commission on Writing in America’s Schools and Colleges

CWP is an approved provider for California's Education Technology K-12 Voucher Program. Schools or districts wanting to provide teachers and students support for using technology to improve the teaching and learning of writing, should contact their local Writing Project site.