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Poetry-in-the-Schools

Poetry-in-the Schools (PITS) and other Writers-in-the-Schools (WITS) programs are becoming increasingly popular across the country. Most programs place professional writers in classrooms or after school programs. Our program is unique in that it is built on a service-learning model, training undergraduates in the history and pedagogy of teaching creative writing (English 375) and then placing them in a local middle school as poets-in-residence. The result is a collaborative learning experience for our undergraduates and for the middle school students. Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, is the only other program listed below in which undergraduates teach.

Here is a list of other PITS and WITS programs:

Other Ohio Programs

• Kent State University

California

• California Poets in the Schools

• Writer’s Corps

• Red Hen Press Poets in Schools
  

Idaho

• "The Cabin" Writers in Schools
  
  

Michigan

• Inside Out

Montana

• Missoula Writing Collaborative

New York

• City At Peace

• Community Word Project

Oregon

• Literary Arts Writers in the Schools

Texas

• Writers in the Schools

Virginia

• The Poetry Society of Virginia PITS Program
  
  

Washington

• Seattle Arts & Lectures Writers in the Schools

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