About Our Guests Marie Lu is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Young Elites series as well as the blockbuster Legend series. She has also been an artist in the video game industry, but is now a full-time author living in Los Angeles. Rose Brock is an assistant professor at Sam Houston State University and a co-founder of the national literacy initiative, Guys Listen. She is also the editor of Hope Nation: Young Adult Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration and the author of Y...
Jul 08, 2020•40 min
In this episode of The Write Time we visit with Jeff Zentner , author of The Serpent King , Goodbye Days , and Rayne and Delilah's Midnite Matinee . Jeff is the recipient of the William C. Morris Award and his work has been selected as an ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults. Jeff is interviewed by Dr. Susan Densmore-James , an Associate Professor at the University of West Florida, the director of the Emerald Coast Writing Project at UWF, and is known as The Book Dealer for her work w...
Jul 02, 2020•40 min
National Writing Project teacher-leader Janelle Q. Bence interviews New York Times Best-selling author Erika Sánchez in our special NWP Radio series, The Write Time. Sánchez is the author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter and a recent recipient of the 21st Century Award from the Chicago Public Library Foundation and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry. Each episode of The Write Time includes writing prompts and time to write to engage listeners....
Jul 01, 2020•32 min
We are pleased to have Sandra Murphy and Mary Ann Smith join us for this episode of NWP Radio. They are the authors of a new book just in time for summer professional development, Writing to Make an Impact: Expanding the Vision of Writing in the Secondary Classroom . Joining Sandy and Mary Ann are two teachers who are featured in Writing to Make an Impact , Brooke Ann McWilliams , who teaches middle school in Purvis, Mississippi and Laury Fischer, a long-time high school teacher now teaching com...
Jun 25, 2020•55 min
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” where writing teachers from across the NWP Network interview young adult and children’s authors about their books, their composing processes, and writers’ craft. In this episode, we're pleased to host a discussion with author Matt de la Peña and NWP teacher-leader Tracey Flores. Matt de la Peña is a #1 New York Times bestselling and New...
Jun 24, 2020•45 min
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” where writing teachers from across the NWP Network interview young adult and children’s authors about their books, their composing processes, and writers’ craft. For this episode, our guests include Nic Stone , an Atlanta native and Spelman College graduate, and Connecticut educator Kim Herzog, a member of CWP-Fairfield. Nic Stone’s deb...
Jun 04, 2020•51 min
We were so fortunate to have the one and only Gene Luen Yang with us to discuss his new graphic novel, Dragon Hoops . He was joined by Bryan Ripley Crandall , Director of CWP-Fairfield ; Mark Crandall, Founder of Hoops4Hope ; and teachers Abu Bility and William King. Kids are home. Teachers are home. Parents are home. We thought it would be a perfect opportunity to #StepForward with an incredible new young adult novel....
May 12, 2020•47 min
What is possible when youth are asked to engage in the discourse about what is meant by “adolescence”? Our May reading for Marginal Syllabus describes what happens when educators and youth partner together to explore historically situated views of adolescence. This article by Sophia Sarigianides details the ways in which one educator helped familiarize students with the genealogy of adolescence, understand the ways that discourses around adolescents/adolescence function in the world, question th...
May 12, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Join us for an interview with Liz Prather , teacher-consultant at the Morehead State Writing Project, and author of Story Matters . We’ll talk about why narrative matters, how it works in informational and argumentative writing, and how to support students to write it better.
May 01, 2020•31 min
Join us for a conversation with Richard Koch and Elizabethe Dutro, to discuss their recent publications, The Mindful Writing Workshop and The Vulnerable Heart of Literacy . We will discuss literacy teaching that is informed by and mindful of the stress and trauma in all of our lives. Guests Elizabeth Dutro , Professor and Chair of Literacy Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder Richard Koch , Professor of English Emeritus, Adrian College, Michigan Related Links The Mindful Writing Workshop: ...
Mar 26, 2020•51 min
This author discussion features Sakeena Everett, Andrea Zellner, Anna Smith, Sam Reed, Joe Dillon, and Remi Kalir. The piece being discussed, "'Untold Stories': Cultivating Consequential Writing with a Black Male Student through a Critical Approach to Metaphor," shares Sakeena Everett’s work learning alongside a student in a summer program called “We Choose to Learn.” This university-based program was designed to prepare high school students of color—like her student Shawn—for college, and to en...
Mar 10, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Join NWP Radio to learn about NCTE’s Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning (AEPL) and their annual conference. Our guests include Bruce Novak, the conference organizer; Mary Rose O’Reilley, this year’s keynote speaker; and Jeff Wilhem, director of the Boise State Writing Project. This year’s conference, “The Art of Encounter in Teaching and Learning,” will take place in Colorado, June 25-28, and there is a discount for NWP teacher-leaders. Guests Bruce Novak , Conference Organizer and E...
Feb 21, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Our February reading for the 2019-20 Literacy, Equity + Remarkable Notes = LEARN Marginal Syllabus explores the multiliteracies among youth of color who constructed tributes to the city of Detroit and envisioned strengths in their communities. Researchers Vaughn W. M. Watson and Alecia Beymer write about the after-school Verses Project at Detroit’s Community Music School. This article describes the multimodal processes of young writers as they compose in a genre the authors describe as “praiseso...
Feb 12, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Our January reading for LEARN Marginal Syllabus recounts how Alex Corbitt, the author and former middle school educator, employed “radically student-centered” pedagogy as part of a teen activism course. In his Voices from the Middle article, Corbitt describes how he reimagined an elective course in order to situate and support students as activists. Assigned to teach a documentary film class, he proposed to his students that they focus on teen activism, and invited them to co-design the class wi...
Jan 06, 2020•57 min
Planning Powerful Instruction is a guide for transforming student outcomes through instructional planning. Its a seven-step framework that gives teachers techniques proven to help students develop insight and understanding. Join host Tanya Baker for a conversation with authors Jeff Wilhelm, Rachel Bear, and Adam Fachler. Guests Jeff Wilhelm , Professor of English Education, Boise State University Rachel Bear , Senior Program Associate, National Writing Project Adam Fachler , Education Consultant...
Dec 20, 2019•36 min
Join host Christina Cantrill for a discussion with participants of Science in the Park, a project that brought NWP teachers and NPS park rangers together to plan and implement programming that welcomes young people and their families into national parks to play with and learn science together. Science in the Park was funded through one-year spark grant from the Joan Ganz Cooney Foundation and is part of their Families Learning Across Boundaries work. Guests Cris Constantine , Education Program M...
Dec 10, 2019•42 min
As part of our close study of "Miles Morales: Spider-Man and Reimagining the Canon for Racial Justice," guest readers Latrice Ferguson and Christopher Rogers joined the Marginal Syllabus team to talk about the article with this month’s partner authors, Mario Worlds and Henry “Cody” Miller. Worlds’ and Millers’ writing surfaces the importance of rethinking text selection as a means of critiquing racial hierarchy in the curricular canon and dismantling white supremacy. This discussion is part of L...
Dec 03, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Author Samuel Jaye Tanner joins us to talk about his article, "Whiteness is a White Problem: Whiteness in English Education." Our guests discuss how white people in an American context have problems with race that are distinct from the racism people of color experience, and how white English educators can rethink their roles in dismantling white supremacy. This discussion launches the second iteration of LEARN, a Marginal Syllabus co-developed with the National Writing Project (NWP) and the Nati...
Nov 04, 2019•57 min
Listen to this episode of NWP Radio for a discussion with Vicki Collet, co-director of the Northwest Arkansas Writing Project and author of Collaborative Lesson Study: ReVisioning Teacher Professional Development . For those that will be at NCTE in Baltimore in November, Vicki will have a book-signing at the Teachers College Press table in the exhibit hall on Friday, November 22, from 12:00p–12:30p. Guest Vicki Collet , Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Arkansas; C...
Oct 24, 2019•30 min
Action Research for English Language Arts Teachers by Mary Buckelew and Janice Ewing was inspired by colleagues and students, and began with their local Writing Project site's blog. Join NWP Radio for a discussion with the authors about how they view inquiry as a key element in their mission as educators, and share some protocols and models for teacher inquiry. Mary and Janice will also be the keynote speakers for the NWP brunch at NCTE in November. Guests Mary Buckelew , Professor of English, W...
Oct 18, 2019•35 min
Our guests introduce us to Write Out 2019—what it is, where it takes place, what to expect, and how you can participate throughout this unique two-week experience that runs October 13-27. Guests Chris Constatine , National Park Service, Northeast Regional Office Bethany Silva , Director, Community Literacy Center; University of New Hampshire Amber Kirkendall , Park Ranger, Homestead National Monument of America; Beatrice, NE Susan Cook , Chief of Interpretation and Education, Niobrara National S...
Oct 12, 2019•25 min
Listen to our interview with the authors of A Students Guide to Academic and Professional Writing in Education , a handbook that helps educators write for the rhetorical situations they will face as students of education. Their book provides clear and helpful advice for responding to the varying contexts, audiences, and purposes that arise in many educational settings. Guests Katie Arosteguy , Lecturer in the University Writing Program, UC Davis Brenda Rinard , Lecturer in the University Writing...
Oct 05, 2019•37 min
In this episode of NWP Radio, we interview Kelly Chandler-Olcott author of A Good Fit for All Kids: Collaborating to Teach Writing in Diverse, Inclusive Settings , a book born from summer learning experiences for students combined with professional learning experiences for adults. Bryan Ripley Crandall, director of the Connecticut Writing Project at Fairfield, also joins us for the discussion. Related Links from the Show Kelly Chandler-Olcott A Good Fit For All Kids: Collaborating to Teach Writi...
Sep 20, 2019•56 min
Join us for a discussion of a new report by Common Sense Media, The Common Sense Census: Inside the 21st-Century Classroom , which explores how K–12 educators have adapted to critical shifts in technology in schools and society. Our guests discuss the benefits of teaching lifelong digital citizenship skills along with the challenges of preparing students to critically evaluate online information and how educators across the country are adapting in today's fast-changing digital world. Guests Kim ...
Jun 22, 2019•49 min
Listen to our visit with Anne Whitney , Colleen McCracken , and Deana Washell who discuss their work with elementary-school writers and their new book Teaching Writers to Reflect: Strategies for a More Thoughtful Writing Workshop .
Jun 13, 2019•41 min
Join in for a conversation about creating the writing life, with Stephanie Vanderslice, professor of creative writing and Director of the Arkansas Writer’s MFA Workshop at the University of Central Arkansas, and author of The Geek’s Guide to the Writing Life . We talk about her book, discuss the role formal education plays in creative writing, and more. Guests Stephanie Vanderslice , Professor of Creative Writing and Director, Arkansas Writers MFA Workshop, University of Central Arkansas Tanya B...
May 30, 2019•33 min
Learn how two teachers from the Philadelphia Writing Project paired primary sources with traditional fictional texts in their classrooms to provide opportunities for students to “read the world and the word.” Guests Latricia Whitfield (co-host), Ph.D. Candidate, Penn Graduate School of Education Beth Patten , Teacher, Kutztown Middle School Jen Freed , Teacher, Springfield High School Christina Cantrill (co-host) , Associate Director of National Programs, National Writing Project Links from the ...
Apr 25, 2019•39 min
Learn how two teachers from the Philadelphia Writing Project paired primary sources with traditional fictional texts in their classrooms to provide opportunities for students to “read the world and the word.” Guests Latricia Whitfield (co-host), Ph.D. Candidate, Penn Graduate School of Education Beth Patten , Teacher, Kutztown Middle School Jen Freed , Teacher, Springfield High School Christina Cantrill (co-host) , Associate Director of National Programs, National Writing Project Links from the ...
Apr 25, 2019•39 min
We kick-off National Poetry Month by visiting with poet and teacher Jack Powers, celebrating the publication of his new book, Everybody’s Vaguely Familiar . We'll also discuss his successful career in teaching writing as a National Writing Project fellow and ways to celebrate National Poetry Month throughout April. Guests Jack Powers , Poet; Teacher at Joel Barlow High School Tanya Baker (Host) , Director of National Programs, National Writing Project Bryan Ripley Crandall (Co-Host), Director, C...
Apr 11, 2019•56 min
With NCTE's Advocacy and Leadership Summit coming up in April, we wanted to revisit our NWP Radio episode from March, 2017 on everyday advocacy. Advocacy is one of six social practices embedded in NWP-style teacher leadership, and in this episode, we examined three case studies of what teacher leadership through advocacy could look like, and how teachers can take up the practice of advocacy more generally. Related Resources Advocate for NWP NWP Teacher-Consultant Badge Framework Writing to Trans...
Mar 22, 2019•59 min
