{"id":253,"date":"2017-04-20T14:04:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T19:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/htwp\/?page_id=253"},"modified":"2026-04-02T08:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:04:29","slug":"heart-of-texas-writing-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/htwp\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Write what should not be forgotten.&#8221; &#8211;Isabel Allende"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2020\/08\/brad-neathery-XrSzacdYbtQ-unsplash-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2020\/08\/brad-neathery-XrSzacdYbtQ-unsplash-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2020\/08\/brad-neathery-XrSzacdYbtQ-unsplash-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2020\/08\/brad-neathery-XrSzacdYbtQ-unsplash-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2020\/08\/brad-neathery-XrSzacdYbtQ-unsplash-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2020\/08\/brad-neathery-XrSzacdYbtQ-unsplash-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Heart of Texas Writing Project is an inclusive community of educators devoted to improving the teaching and learning of reading, writing, and 21st Century literacies.&nbsp; We strive to make a difference in the quality of students\u2019 school experience by educating the public about what quality reading and writing instruction is and the possibilities it holds for students and teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As UT Austin\u2019s affiliate of the <a href=\"http:\/\/nwp.org\">National Writing Project<\/a>, we provide <strong>inservice professional development<\/strong> to schools and districts, host <strong>workshops<\/strong> for teachers, hold an intensive, invitational<strong> summer institute<\/strong> in the teaching of writing, and support a community of dedicated and <strong>knowledgeable professionals<\/strong> in literacy education. &nbsp;We welcome Austin area educators to join us in our work to provide teachers and students with opportunities to take part in authentic writing and supportive learning communities.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">To find out about the professional development HTWP offers, please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:dkelt@utexas.edu\">dkelt@utexas.edu<\/a> or <a href=\"tel:5122325300\">512-232-5300<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Heart of Texas Writing Project is an inclusive community of educators devoted to improving the teaching and learning of reading, writing, and 21st Century literacies.&nbsp; We strive to make a difference in the quality of students\u2019 school experience by educating the public about what quality reading and writing instruction is and the possibilities it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-253","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/htwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/htwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/htwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/htwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/htwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/htwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":844,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/htwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253\/revisions\/844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/htwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}