Teachers and Administrators Resources

Local Writing Resources

phren-Z is a quarterly online literary magazine dedicated to showcasing Santa Cruz writers. Click here
WomenCare Writing Circle for Women with Cancer Click here
Bookshop Santa Cruz Young Writer’s Contest Click here
ALLIES: a website for PVUSD middle and high school teachers involved in a CCWP project on the CCSS and writing Click here
The UCSC Department of Education Click here
The UCSC Writing Program Click here

Writing Project Resources

The California Writing Project: Because writing matters, the California Writing Project supports teachers and students, schools and districts with a model of professional development that has a forty-year track record of success and effectiveness. Click here
National Writing Project: The National Writing Project focuses the knowledge, expertise, and leadership of our nation’s educators on sustained efforts to improve writing and learning for all learners. Click here
Newsletter: the National Writing Project’s bi-monthly email newsletter that provides news updates, links to articles of interest to writing teachers, and other information about the NWP community. Click here

California Dept of Education: California Common Core State Standards.Click here
Adolescent Literacy Toolkit: Developed by the CCSSO to encourage and prepare content-area teachers to embed literacy strategies into their discipline-specific instruction. Click here
Common Core State Standards: Home page for ELA. Click here
Library of Congress, Teaching modules using primary sources Click here