CAWP Invitational Summer Institute 2025

The Central Arizona Writing Project (CAWP) hosts the 2025 Invitational Summer Institute (ISI). This important professional development opportunity will take place from June 2 to 13, Monday-Friday, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the ASU Tempe Campus. 

K-College educators who are residents of the state of Arizona are eligible to apply for the CAWP ISI. There are a few stipends from the National Writing Project if you are invited to attend  the Invitational Summer Institute. Apply early! Students will also receive professional books on the teaching of writing. Stipends will not be provided for ASU Employees, ASU Teaching Assistants, ASU Research Assistants or if your district pays for you to attend.

Background: The CAWP Invitational Summer Institute provides a dynamic environment for a diverse group of educators to examine their roles as writers, teachers and leaders. The theory and practice of teaching writing are examined through individual demonstrations, readings and discussion of current research, and writing and responding in peer groups. CAWP is a National Writing Project site dedicated to the improvement of student learning through the effective teaching of writing. With more than 40 years of success, the National Writing Project has demonstrated that the best teachers of teachers are other teachers, that contemporary rhetoric and composition studies have practical value for writing teachers at all levels, that writing promotes learning in all areas of the curriculum, and that teachers who are writers themselves are the most effective writing teachers. Our aim is for teachers to come away from the Institute with a renewed excitement about and commitment to writing and the teaching of writing.

Application Deadline: May 26, 2025

CAWP is located within the Department of English at Arizona State University.