The Northern Kentucky Writing Project operates under the four major goals of the National Writing Project: 

1.    To improve student writing and learning in kindergarten through university classrooms 

2.    To extend the uses of writing in all disciplines 

3.    To provide schools, colleges, and universities with an effective professional development model 

4.    To identify, celebrate, and enhance the professional role of successful classroom teachers. 

We offer a summer invitational institute for teachers each summer, continue through the year with follow-up sessions, and provide outreach and continuity activities for teachers throughout the region during the year. Through these and other activities, we hope to play a role in helping teachers accomplish the following: 

• Enhanced writing instruction
• Greater teacher leadership
• Better supported literacy programs
• Increased writing proficiency for all students
• Expanded education learning communities about writing instruction
• Varied and ongoing professional development in literacy for teachers of all grade levels and content areas
• Increased writing by teachers, as writing can best be understood by participating in the process
• Quality continuity with colleagues, bringing teachers together to examine successful practices and new developments
• Expanded leadership, programs, and research needed for teachers to help their students become successful writers and learners
• Shared and utilized knowledge to improve students’ achievement and to support teachers in the teaching of writing.