Strong parent involvement. An advisory board from SUNY at Stony Brook, comprising faculty, staff, and administrators with expertise in education, social work, early childhood education, and other subject areas relevant to the needs of the program, meets on a regular basis to discuss programmatic issues. The Model Teachers are the key to educational change. Each Writing Project identifies and selects master teachers from all content areas and level of instruction. Each Writing Project brings these master teachers together on a college or university campus for an intensive summer institute in teaching and writing.
Teachers study current theory and research in the expanding role of writing as an educational tool.
Teachers practice writing in a variety of forms. The Long Island Suffolk Writing Project Summer Institute is an intensive four-week program designed to improve the teaching and learning of writing in the nation's classrooms. The Long Island Suffolk Writing Project offers participants the rare opportunity to pursue their professional interests in a setting which fosters collaboration. In addition to formal workshop presentations, teachers explore techniques, problems, and discoveries in informal discussions both during the summer and throughout the year. A Global Learning Community in Oakdale, New York.