Based on our Central Valley backdrop and the experiences and expertise of our community of educators, Great Valley Writing Project is guided by five fundamental principles:
- Our work must be based on research, and we must be engaged in research.
- Our students’ education must include the family.
- We have a duty to support our emerging educators.
- We must be continually developing as writers by writing.
- Prioritizing our health is essential because GVWP’s success is rooted in each educator’s personal development.
At the center of every program are the goals of the writing project.
Our goals are to:
- improve the learning and achievement of students by improving the teaching of writing.
- serve teachers, students, schools, and districts through a model of university/school collaboration
- concentrate efforts where literacy is most in jeopardy
- honor the diversity of teachers and students
- emphasize approaches to writing and reading for English language learners
- support teachers as they prepare students to meet state standards
- recognize that teachers are the key to educational reform and that experienced teachers are the best teachers of other teachers
- identify and continually offer a range of teaching and learning strategies so that no child will be excluded.