University of Southern Maine

The National Writing Project is the premier effort to improve writing in America. It began at the University of California at Berkeley in 1973 and now has almost 200 sites around the country, including the Maine Writing Project at the University of Maine, now in its 12 th year. The Writing Project fosters an interdisciplinary community and support system of teachers, administrators, and specialists from all grade levels and content areas, K-University. Our USM satellite, in its third year, is a growing, dynamic group. Our ranks include elementary, middle and high school teachers, and a school librarian. Many of us teach English language arts; others teach special education, math, and social studies. We all feel deeply about learning-centered classrooms and schools. We are authors, editors, readers, songwriters, photographers, basketball players, poets, outdoors people, actors, techies, and musicians. The common thread: all of us believe in the importance of writing in our personal and professional lives and in the lives of our students.

Southern Maine Writing Project
University of Southern Maine
37 College Avenue – 218C Bailey Hall
Gorham , ME 04038
(207) 228-8321
kkennedy@usm.maine.edu

National Writing Project
http://www.nwp.org

Maine Writing Project
http://www.umaine.edu/edhd/mwp