About Us

For over 28 years, Empowering Writers has been transforming K–8 writing instruction and raising student achievement in schools across North America. Our research-based approach has equipped more than 200,000 educators with the knowledge, training, and skills to teach writing with clarity and confidence.

Created by teachers, for teachers, Empowering Writers offers a proven methodology that connects reading and writing through explicit instruction. Our comprehensive resources and professional learning provide educators with effective tools and strategies to dramatically improve student writing and strengthen reading comprehension.

Empowering Writers' mission is to offer high-quality, flexible professional development, utilizing comprehensive resources and coaching support that enables teachers K-8 to be effective writing instructors. The result is capable and confident students who can communicate effectively in all forms of expression, verbal and written.

What Educators are Saying

Last year was my first year to teach 6th grade ELA. I was very worried about teaching writing. EmpoweringWriters' lessons were so fun and engaging that the students gained confidence in their writing skills (just like I did)! When I finally got to see the results of the ACT Aspire test I was literally in tears. Some of my lowest achieving students scored above the 90th percentile in writing!"

Tricia S.
Grade 6 Teacher (Arkansas)

We are very pleased! Both our teachers and students have worked so hard and we have seen tremendous growth. EW has given us an amazing platform from which we are ready to grow from! After year 1 of implementation and coaching we went from 36% to 70% passing."

Marina M.
Instructional Coach (Texas)

As a small private school, choosing the appropriate writing curriculum was imperative. Empowering Writers is unique in that it is systematic and explicit, while also allowing for teacher choice and flexibility. With this writing curriculum, our teachers can incorporate the systematic writing process across content areas.

Our teachers and students are more confident in writing than ever, because they have found a program that gives a common language and approach to writing that can be used in all subjects. We are so happy to have found Empowering Writers!

Jaclyn
Curriculum Coordinator

I thought it was very informative, and actually plan to use the information gained for my students in the next two weeks. At the end of the PD, Barbara modeled using the Comparison Grid for a response to multiple texts.

Starting tomorrow, and leading up to right before the break, students will be following the steps to write a 5 paragraph informative essay to compare and contrast the way two authors convey the same main idea. The Empowering Writers curriculum will help students better analyze a prompt and identify key evidence!

Amber W.
English Teacher

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Dea Paoletta Auray

Kathy Howell

Terilynn Anderson

Barbara Keiser

Sharon Giardina

April Dykes

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