Teacher Writing Institute

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The Teacher Writing Institute to be offered Spring of '26 

Empower your students to excel in writing!

George Mason University’s Northern Virginia Writing Project to offer Teacher Writing Institute in spring 2026 
 
The Teacher Writing Institute is back! The Northern Virginia Writing Project’s Teacher Writing Institute is designed to equip K-12 and post-secondary educators across all disciplines with skills and strategies to effectively teach writing. 
With Virginia’s new Writing Standards of Learning (SOL) on the horizon, now is the perfect time to enhance your teaching skills and help your students excel in writing. 
 
Program details

  • Earn up to 18 CEUs.
  • Content is geared to teachers of all disciplines and grades levels (K-16).
  • Online, noncredit, six module program covers writing instruction theory, research, and practices.
  • Gain a new perspective on teaching writing, as well as lessons and practices to bring to your classroom.
  • The program will meet during the late afternoon (3:30-6:30) to allow time for independent work during class times. The group will meet twice a month in October, November, and December for the fall session and February, March, and April during the spring session.
  • Participants become part of the National Writing Project community as Teacher Consultants.

Registration

  • The cost of the program is $500 per person.
  • Interested teachers can register for the Teacher Writing Institute on the Northern Virginia Writing Project store, found on the Mason Marketplace site.
  • No registration with the university is required, and the fees for the program are considerably lower than tuition courses.

For more info

Leslie Goetsch, director of the Northern Virginia Writing Project, will facilitate and teach the program. Please direct any questions to her at lgoetsch@gmu.edu.

Callout Quote: 

Since completing the program, my writing instruction has improved exponentially. Students still engage in essay writing, but they compose these essays only after exploring a range of mentor texts, learning about a variety of organizational structures, and thinking critically about how to adjust their approach to match their writing goal. 
 
—Andrea Yarbough, TWI, '22