According to evaluations, letters, and other public documents, nearly all Fellows in the NPWP Summer Institutes held between 1978 and 1999 have found the experience memorable. They've enjoyed sharing their own best approaches to teaching reading and writing, learning more about modern theory and research on teaching language arts, doing their own writing, and planning for their own future teaching. More generally, they report they've renewed themselves, made new friends, and grown personally and professionally. Fellows in the 2000 Summer Institute will also enhance their resumes by joining the national community of about 3,000 educators from across the nation who will attend a 2000 Institute at a National Writing Project site. They will join a select and nationally recognized group.
Final grades are letters.
Many previous Fellows have applied the credits to graduate programs at Minot State University and other universities. The 2000 Summer Institute will be language-intensive. We'll regularly use language for learning. They are places where students talk, read, and write frequently, places where students learn better and their learning lasts longer. I'll issue invitations regularly until the Institute is filled.