MWPN is firmly committed to the belief that teachers are the key to educational change. The MWPN works to improve the teaching of writing in these key ways:
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Each MWPN site identifies and selects master teachers of writing from all levels of instruction in its geographical area.
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Each MWPN site brings these master teachers together on its campus for intensive Summer Institutes.
All MWPN sites base their programs on the following National Writing Project Assumptions:
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Writing is pivotal to learning, to academic achievement, and to job success.
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Writing instruction begins in kindergarten and continues through university.
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Universities and schools in collaboration provide powerful programs for teachers.
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Effective teachers make the best teachers of other teachers.
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Teachers are the key to reform in education.
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Professional development begins when teachers enter teaching and continues throughout their careers.
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Writing is fundamental to learning all subjects.
