About the Project
Our Story
The Missouri Writing Project, founded in 1977 at the University of Missouri, is a charter member of the National Writing Project, a network of more than 200 sites throughout the country dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of writing. The MWP offers a variety of courses and prepares teachers to serve as curriculum leaders. The MWP is one of five writing project sites within the state of Missouri. We believe that writing represents far more than communication — that it also engages the mind, body, and spirit in thinking, learning, discovering, and connecting ideas, regardless of one’s age, ability, role, purpose, or circumstance.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
Writing is pivotal to learning, to academic achievement, and to job success.
Writing instruction begins in kindergarten and continues through university.
Universities and schools in collaboration can provide powerful programs for teachers.
Effective teachers of writing regularly write themselves.
Exemplary teachers make the best teachers of other teachers.
Teachers are the key to reform in education.
Professional development begins when teachers enter teaching and continues throughout their careers.
Writing is fundamental to learning all subjects.
Real change in classroom practice happens over time.
