The Buzzards Bay Writing Project

a National Writing Project site

The Buzzards Bay Writing Project (BBWP) is a nonprofit K-16 professional development provider that serves teachers at all grade levels. The mission of BBWP is to promote exemplary instruction in writing for every classroom and in all disciplines.

As a designated site of the National Writing Project, the Buzzards Bay Writing Project is authorized under No Child Left Behind Funding, Title II, Part C as a provider of standards-aligned professional development for teachers and administrators. Click here for more specific information about NCLB funding categories, under which educational districts can find eligible funding for BBWP programs.

BBWP is part of the Massachusetts Writing Project (MWP), a statewide network of National Writing Projects.

Invitational Summer Institute

The 2009 Invitational Summer Institute is coming up in July 2009.

The Application (pdf) is now available.

Above photos are from the ISI in 2008. More can be found here.

Teacher as Writer/Writing Retreats

SeaQuestered took place November 7-9, 2008.

Photo at left is from SeaQuestered 2007, courtesy of Ann Forcier. Other SeaQuestered photos can be found here.

Nantucket Soundings, a retreat for writing teachers and their friends, took place on February 15th and 16th, 2009. Photos and writings from last year's event can be found in the Nantucket Soundings Archive.

Requests for funding

Buzzards Bay Writing Project encourages fellows to participate in conferences, workshops, retreats and other functions that will contribute to their positions as educators and will impact their work with students and/or educators. Resources are available but limited. Request form (pdf)

Children's Summer Writing Camp

The Buzzards Bay Writing Project's summer writing camp for students entering grades 5 - 10 is coming back this July in Swansea. Students who attend the camp participate in a variety of writing experiences and genres including poetry, prose, fiction, and nonfiction. Flyer (pdf)

BBWP member and author Jeanne Prevost publishes second book

BBWP's own Jeanne Prevost recently had her second book, It's Raining Cats and Cats, published by the Gryphon Press. Earlier this year, Operation Outreach-USA Press published Prevost's Quequechan: Forgotten River. Jeanne lives in Fall River and teaches in Somerset.

Jeanne's flyer (pdf)

Professional Development Programs

The Buzzards Bay Writing Project offers professional development programs for teachers based on research, shared practice, and continuous reflection on their teaching. All offerings are hands-on, interactive seminars that engage the teachers as learners, and can take place on site in your district. PDPs for all participants meeting program and attendance requirements are offered through UMass Dartmouth.

For more information about BBWP, contact Director Kathryn Dunlap at kdunlap@umassd.edu or Janet Michaud at jmichaud@umassd.edu

Center for University, School and Community Partnerships

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
200 Mill Road, Suite 150C
Fairhaven, MA 02719

Phone: (774) 929-3002; Fax: (508) 990-1206

bbwp@umassd.edu