Pat D'Arcy

Pat D'Arcy has taught in primary, secondary modern, and comprehensive schools in the United Kingdom. Since 1979 she has worked closely with primary and secondary teachers as the English Adviser for the county of Wiltshire. Her Learning About Learning Project, which grew into the Write to Learn Project, formed jointly with the English Adviser for Somerset, is affiliated with the US and UK National Writing Projects. She has given workshops at NCTE Conferences and in California and New York. She...See more

Pat D'Arcy has taught in primary, secondary modern, and comprehensive schools in the United Kingdom. Since 1979 she has worked closely with primary and secondary teachers as the English Adviser for the county of Wiltshire. Her Learning About Learning Project, which grew into the Write to Learn Project, formed jointly with the English Adviser for Somerset, is affiliated with the US and UK National Writing Projects. She has given workshops at NCTE Conferences and in California and New York. She was the first woman-and the first practicing schoolteacher-to chair the National Association for the Teaching of English in the United Kingdom. See less