NWP Authors

Janet Rentsch

Saginaw Bay Writing Project

Janet Rentsch, a co-director for the Saginaw Bay Writing Project, Michigan, is currently the director of Sponsored and Academic Programs Support at Saginaw Valley State University. Her areas of interest include understanding the reading and writing processes that support comprehension, especially for secondary students and university students in all content areas. Previous to her current position, Janet was the professional development coordinator for the writing project site where she works with program development and documentation. She has taught English for five years in public education and has taught reading and study-strategies courses and composition for six years at the university.

By Janet Rentsch:

• The Saginaw Teacher Study Group Movement: From Pilot to Districtwide Study Groups in Four Years
  National Writing Project At Work, Vol. 1, No. 6, 2005