Educators Participate in Capital Area Writing Project
at North Carolina State University
8.8.2008
Sixteen teachers from North Carolina recently took part in the 25th annual Capital Area Writing Project (CAWP) at North Carolina State University. This summer institute is designed to assist teachers in all subject areas from kindergarten through college in improving their skills in teaching writing and in using writing to enhance learning.
CAWP is a site of the National Writing Project (NWP) founded at the University of California at Berkeley. It is one of three such programs in North Carolina allied with the NWP in an ongoing effort to improve the teaching of writing in the public schools.
Throughout the CAWP Institute, participants are responsible for following a rigorous schedule in which they write, share their writing in critique sessions, demonstrate lessons illustrating successful classroom techniques, participate in presentations that support and illustrate various theories and strategies associated with the teaching of writing, and learn to integrate new technologies into their teaching. In addition, the facilitators guide Fellows in reviewing professional research and becoming acquainted with current trends in composition instruction and evaluation.
The 2008 Fellows, who represent seven North Carolina counties, enriched the Institute with their personal and professional contributions. Following the institute, Fellows become valuable resources in their schools and school districts, helping with staff development and curriculum design involving composition.
2008 CAWP was facilitated by Dr. Ruie J. Pritchard, Director of CAWP and professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at N.C. State, and Dr. Ron Honeycutt, an English Language Arts teacher at Dillard Drive Middle School and an adjunct assistant professor at N.C. State. The Silver Anniversary CAWP Institute featured an emphasis on New Literacies. Dr. Donna Morrow from Canterbury University in Christchurch, New Zealand, and Ms. Megan Poole, from Turner Creek Elementary School in Raleigh, served as Technology Facilitators. Both Poole and Morrow are CAWP veterans and alumni of the College of Education at N.C. State.
2008 Capital Area Writing Project Fellows
Jeremy Barefoot, Sanderson High School, Wake County Public School System
Gail Dreis, First Flight Middle School, Dare County Public School System
Kelly Finch, Princeton High School, Johnston County Public School System
Amanda Galvin, East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill/Carrboro City Schools
Teresa Lynn Gelling, Lee County Senior High School, Lee County Public School System
Traci Hobbs, Four Oaks Middle School, Johnston County School System
Robin Hudson, Knightdale High School, Wake County Public School System
Katharine Mundorf, Cathedral School, Raleigh, NC
Kimberly Nielson, C.W. Stanford Middle School, Orange County Public School System
Jeff Peake, Clayton High School, Johnston County Public School System
Peggy Price, E. A. Laney High School, New Hanover County Public School System
Barbara Sorensen, Coordinating Literacy Teacher, Wake County Public School System
Debra White, Coordinating Literacy Teacher, Wake County Public School System
Joy Widmann, Crosscreek Charter School, Louisburg, NC
Angela Woods, Garner Magnet High School, Wake County Public School System
Suzanne Zaccardo, Reedy Creek Elementary, Wake County Public School System
