General Information

Alabama A&M University Writing Project (AAMU Writing Project) is an affiliate of the National Writing Project (NWP), which has its headquarters at the University of California, Berkeley. The National Writing Project was started in 1974 to improve the teaching of writing in schools, kindergarten through college, around the nation. Alabama A&M University Writing Project, which was begun in 1995, is one of the 150 NWP sites in all the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Like all other sites, AAMU Writing Project subscribes to the model which is based "on the belief that teachers are the key to education reform, teachers make the best teachers of other teachers, and teachers benefit from studying and conducting research." To this effect, each year AAMU Writing Project invites teachers from North Alabama to participate in a Summer Invitational Institute, and follows it with other year-round programs. Participants receive a stipend, which they may use to earn graduate credits.