Since 1964, California Poets in the Schools (CalPoets) has become one of the largest writers-in-the-schools programs in the nation, serving more than 30,000 K-12 students yearly in over 30 California counties. http://www.californiapoets.org
Learn more about us at: http://www.californiapoets.org/who-we-are
To empower students of all ages throughout California to express their creativity, imagination, and intellectual curiosity through writing and performing and publishing their own poetry.
We train and coordinate a multicultural network of published poets, who bring their passion and craft to public and private schools, juvenile halls, hospitals, libraries and other community settings.
• Poet-in-Classroom residencies within schools throughout California
• Publications (print and online) of poems by students, poet-teachers and classroom teachers
• Formal training program for poets to become teachers.
• Year-round professional development and mentoring events for poet teachers
• Enhanced Language Arts curriculum design and staff development for schools
• Annual symposiums, poetry readings, worksops, benefits and other literary network opportunities open to the public
• A community for all who enjoy writing, reading, poetry, and literature in general
