Northern Virginia Writing Project

Housed in the George Mason University English Department, the Northern Virginia Writing Project is a cooperative effort of George Mason University, Northern Virginia Community College, and the public and private schools of Northern Virginia. Founded in 1978, NVWP is an affiliated site of the National Writing Project, the largest staff development project for teachers in the country.  NVWP’s mission is to improve writing and learning across Northern Virginia schools, and has more than seven hundred members who are or have been teachers, K-University, in the Northern Virginia area.  For more information, please visit the NVWP web site at nvwp.gmu.edu.