Welcome to the Chicago Area Writing Project

The Chicago Area Writing Project (CAWP), based at Roosevelt University, is an organization of, by, and for teachers of all grade levels dedicated to improving the instruction of writing and the use of reading and writing in the content areas. An affiliate of the National Writing Project, CAWP sponsors a variety of programs on the Roosevelt University Campus as well as in Chicago area schools.

Important updates:

Spread the news: Saturday Seminars are back!
The first Seminar of the three seminars begins on October 14th. We are starting off with Connecting Literature and the Writing Process.

Download the pdf enrollment form from our Download Form Page!

New Teacher Initiative – Special program for teachers with 0-3 years of teaching
experience designed to help participants improve writing instruction and learn how writing can help them become more reflective practitioners. Application Deadline Wednesday January 10, 2007


Download the pdf enrollment form from our Download Form Page!

Call the CAWP office (312)
341-6365 or contact Barbara Kato Bjkato@sbcglobal.net for a
seller’s registration form. There is a $25 fee for each 8-ft. table.
Deadline for table registration is April 15.



New Programs for the New Year

CAWP School Site Programs
Have CAWP come to your school! Call the CAWP office (312)
341-6365 or contact Barbara Kato Bjkato@sbcglobal.net regarding our school site programs. A brochure of our school site programs can be downloaded from our Download Forms page.











CAWP Invitational Summer Institutes in Writing
Outstanding veteran teachers who are interested in teacher leadership and joining our exciting CAWP professional network are encouraged to apply to one of our two Summer Institutes in which they will learn current theory and instructional practices in reading and writing and learn to design and give presentations for other teachers. Come and visit the Download Forms page for application to the 2007 Summer Institute in a couple of months.


As you can see, the CAWP web site is undergoing some changes as well.

Contact
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Barbara
Kato, CAWP Director, at 312-341-6569 or bkato@roosevelt.edu.