Upcoming Events
- Coaching Institute
February 9 - 13, 2010 - February Institute
February 16 - 19, 2010 - July Writing Institute
6/29 - 7/3 - July Reading Institute
7/5 - 7/9 - August Writing Institute
8/9 - 8/13 - August Reading Institute
8/16 - 8/20 - Saturday Reunions
March 20, 2010 October 23, 2010 - Lucy Calkins Workshops thru Heinemann
Indianapolis, IN 1/25/2010 Chicago, Il 1/26/2010 Portland, OR 2/8/2010 Seattle, WA 2/9/2010 Click here to Register
Spotlight On
- Student Writing
- Message for National Day of Writing from Lucy Calkins
- Recommended book lists
- Leveled book lists from Scholastic
The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (TCRWP), located at Teachers College, Columbia University, has been a premier provider of professional development for schools in New York City, across the nation and internationally for almost three decades. Our mission is to support literacy instruction through research and professional development. That research has tackled many subjects, including, of course, the teaching of reading and writing K-8, but also including methods of supporting large scale school reform, of coaching teachers, and of leading schools in which young people grow to be avid and skilled readers and writers.
The Project is a think-tank and a community of practice. More than a hundred thousand teachers have attended one of the Project’s rigorous summer institutes. Books written by the project Director, Lucy Calkins, and by current and former staff members and mentor teachers are best-sellers,and the influence of those books is wider and deeper than most people could possibly imagine. Certainly it is no exaggeration to say that the ideas developed by the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project are foundational to reading and writing workshop instruction across the globe.
If your school or district would like to access the resources of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (TCRWP), you’ll want to read ‘Join the Project’ (see above) where you can learn the costs and the process for applying. You needn’t wait, however, before tapping into the resources on this web site, in our books and DVDs, and our conference days and summer institutes. This web site can provide access to all this.