Red Mountain Writing Project
A program for Birmingham area teachers, K-16, in all subjects

The Red Mountain Writing Project, a National Writing Project site, operates in partnership with  the Colleges of Education and  Arts & Humanities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the UAB Regional  Inservice Center, the Montevallo Regional Inservice Center, and all Birmingham area school districts.

Red Mountain Writing Project is an authorized inservice provider for No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and related programs, including:
Title I
Title V
High Objective Uniform State System of Evaluation (HOUSSE)
Highly Qualified Teachers (HQT)
Adequate Yearly  Progress (AYP)


Staff


Dr. Maryann Manning, Red Mountain Writing Project Director

Dr. Manning is a Professor of Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  Dr. Manning has been teaching at UAB for over 32 years.  Her primary professional interests include reading and writing instruction and integrated curriculum.  She has authored or co-authored over ten books, over l00 articles, and many book chapters.
Dr. Bruce McComiskey, Red Mountain Writing Project Director

Dr. Bruce McComiskey  specializes in Rhetoric and Composition, Classical Rhetoric, and Professional Writing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  His most recent publications include Teaching Composition as a Social Process (Utah State UP, 2000), Gorgias and the New Sophistic Rhetoric (Southern Illinois UP, 2002), and a co-edited collection titled City Comp: Identities, Spaces, Practices (SUNY Press, 2003).

Mary James, Co-Director
  Mary has worked with the Red Mountain Writing Project from its first summer and became a co-director in Summer 2006.  She is a National Board Certified  8th grade collaborative studies teacher at Bumpus Middle School in Hoover, Alabama.

 

 

 
Velvet McReynolds, Co-Director

Velvet has worked with the Samford Writing Project and mentors teachers working on their National Board Certification through the UAB graduate school.  A California native, she also teaches 7th  English at Simmons Middle School in Hoover, Alabama. 


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