Professional Development for Teachers: Developing Teachers of Writing

Strengthen writing instruction. Build teacher confidence. Grow a culture of writers.

This professional development course is designed for educators who teach writing and want to strengthen their instructional practice. Participants explore effective writing strategies, meaningful feedback, student voice, and approaches for helping students become more confident and capable writers.

The course also moves beyond individual classroom practice to consider how experienced educators can mentor, coach, and support other teachers of writing.

Participants Will Explore

• Effective strategies for teaching writing across grade levels and content areas
• Ways to model the writing process for students
• Strategies for developing student voice and ownership
• Practical approaches to giving meaningful, actionable feedback
• Mini-lessons and instructional routines that strengthen writing
• Ways to support struggling and developing writers
• Strategies for connecting reading and writing instruction
• Approaches for using student writing to guide instruction
• Ways to build a classroom culture where writing is valued
• Tools for mentoring and supporting other teachers of writing

Participants Will Leave With

• Practical writing-instruction strategies they can use immediately
• Feedback tools and approaches
• Ideas for developing student voice
• Resources for planning and modeling writing instruction
• A stronger framework for supporting colleagues who teach writing

Teach writing with intention. Develop confident writers. Help develop teachers who can do the same.