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8-26-2003
Teachers Complete Maine Writing Project Teachers Complete Maine Writing Project
Kay Hyatt College of Education & Human Development, University of Maine
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Teachers Complete Maine Writing Project
ORONO, Maine --Twenty-three exemplary educators completed the 2003 Maine Writing Project at the University of Maine this summer. Sponsored by the College of Education and Human Development, the invitational program is providing a force of highly trained writing instructors for Maine students and for other teachers.
The Maine Writing Project was officially established in 1998 as an affiliate of the National Writing Project. The national project and its state affiliates comprise a grassroots teaching initiative dedicated to the improvement of student writing and the teaching of writing across the curriculum in all grade levels.
Acceptance as a Writing Project Fellow is both a privilege and an obligation. The teachers improve their own skills through specialized training and make a commitment to provide instruction to other teachers and opportunities to enhance student writing. The Maine Fellows sponsor or collaborate in activities such as professional development conferences and advanced institutes on timely topics, and they provide opportunities for K-12 students at events such as the annual Young Authors' camp.
The 2003 Maine Writing Project Fellows and their schools are:
• Bangor - Anna Bragg, William S. Cohen School • Bangor - Sharon Zolper, UMaine graduate student • Brewer- Debra Footman, Pendleton St. School • Brewer - Pamela Kimball, State Street and Washington Street schools • Brewer - Janet Nordfors, Washington Street School • Eastport - Russell Buker, Shead High School • Fairfield - Donna Foster, home schoolteacher • Farmington - Leanne Condon, Mt. Blue High School • Gardiner - Debra Butterfield, Gardiner Regional Middle School • Hampden - Karyn Field, Reeds Brook Middle School • Hermon - Peg Smist, Hermon Elementary School • Mt. Desert Island - Kate Meyer, MDI High School • Newport - Sheila Cochrane, Newport/Plymouth Elementary School • Newport - Angela Brown, Sebasticook Valley Middle School • Orland - Susan Warren, Orland Consolidated School • Pittsfield - Tracy Hallee, Manson Park School • Pittsfield - Kristen McGovern, Maine Central Institute • Scarborough - Becky Turner, Scarborough Middle School • Skowhegan - Tammy Ranger, Margaret Chase Smith School • Sullivan - Mary Seward, Mountain View School • Turner - Amanda Anderson, Leavitte Area High School
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• Turner - Dane Despres, Leavitt Area High School • Winthrop - Dave Boardman, Winthrop High School
Maine Writing Project co-directors were Richard Kent of Rumford, UMaine assistant professor of literacy; and Carol Lavine of Greene, adjunct faculty at UMaine and Central Maine Community College, Auburn.
Released: August 26, 2003 Contact: Kay Hyatt, (207) 581-2761
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