OWP History
* A site of the prestigious National Writing Project since 1980
* A site of the Board of Regents’ Ohio WINS since 1983
* In 2008, OWP served over 2000 K-12 teachers in 75 different programs
* Most teachers attending OWP workshops receive substantial scholarships
* All Ohio Licensed K-12 educators residing in Ohio and employed full-time in an Ohio school or district office automatically qualify for Miami’s TEAM Scholarship, a 50% tuition and fee reductio
OWP Gets Measurable Results
External evaluations, funded by the US Department of Education for the National Writing Project, found the following from teachers attending the OWP Teaching of Writing workshop 2008:
•100% considered the overall quality of the workshop very good or excellent
•100% felt the quality of the workshop better than other professional activities
•100% felt they would be able to use and apply what they learned in the four-week workshop in their classrooms
•100% felt the workshop contributed greatly to their teaching of writing and to improved writing skills for their students
“In studies with comparison groups, students with Writing Project teachers show statistically significant gains in writing performance in every area studied, including quality of ideas, organization, voice, and use of conventions in writing.”
(Inverness, Independent National Evaluation, 2006)