NWP Authors

Mary Weaver

Saginaw Bay Writing Project

Mary K. Weaver, a teacher-consultant for Saginaw Bay Writing Project, Michigan, currently is a kindergarten-through-high-school social studies coordinator for Saginaw Public Schools. Her areas of educational interest include researching and implementing effective learning strategies for children in poverty, reading and writing informational texts, and integrating literacy and math in social studies. She presents workshops on improving communication and relating to others through valuing differences and creating unity. Mary is dedicated to social and economic justice and was part of the NWP Project Outreach team from the Saginaw Bay Writing Project.

By Mary Weaver:

• 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
• Against All Odds: Implementing a Middle School Writing Club
  The Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 2, 1997