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Professional Development That Fits Your Needs

Workshops and Coaching packages available, customized to meet your needs.

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Explore our signature workshops and coaching packages that are customized to meet your goals.

Workshops

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K-1 Getting Ready to Write:

Teach your students how to identify genre and author’s purpose, and develop the foundational skills of narrative, informational and opinion writing.

K-1  A Sentence A Day:

The focus begins in Kindergarten with pencil placement, spacing, and letter formation. The resource then progresses to writing sentences and building powerful vocabulary, alongside grammar and conventions. 

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Literacy Launch Grades 2-8:

Teachers will introduce students to each of the organizational structures, learn to summarize text, and internalize the annotation and analysis process for both narrative and informational/opinion texts

Teacher Workshop Graphic (2500 x 1500 px)

Informational Grades 2-8 (with Literacy Launch)

Learn to confidently teach informational and opinion writing effectively, respond to text and apply analysis skills to constructed response.

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Constructed Response Gr. 2-8

Create both Short and Extended Constructed Response by applying specific skills to tasks that require students to identify and cite evidence from text.

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Narrative Gr. 2-8 (with Literacy Launch)

Learn to teach narrative writing, and how to provide actionable feedback when assessing student work. Gain understanding of foundational writing skills to help students effectively respond to text and strengthen both writing abilities and reading comprehension skills.

Bookstore Graphic (2500 x 1500 px) (4000 x 2500 px)

Grammar: Editing & Revising

Empowering Writers will provide the “how” for delivering direct instruction in revising and editing.

Upcoming Workshops at a Glance

Workshops By Location:

Canada:

Sept. 24, Wednesday - In Person Narrative, Calgary - Early Bird specials!
Oct. 24, Friday - In Person Narrative, Edmonton - Early Bird Specials!
NEW! Oct. 27, Monday - 2hr Live Zoom - A Sentence A Day - geared for K-2 Canadian Educators
Nov. 7, Friday - Live Zoom Narrative geared for Canadian educators
Nov. 14, Friday - In Person Narrative, Camrose (new location) - Early Bird specials
Dec. 1, Monday - In Person Informational, Calgary - Early Bird specials!
NEW! Dec. 3, Wednesday - 2 hr Live Zoom - A Sentence A Day - geared for K-2 Canadian educators
Feb. 19, Thursday - In Person Informational, Edmonton - Early Bird specials!
Feb. 20, Friday - In Person Narrative, Calgary - Early Bird specials!

Texas:
Oct. 2, Thursday - In Person Constructed Response, ESC 17 TX
Oct. 7, Tuesday - In Person Constructed Response, San Antonio, TX
Oct. 16, Thursday - In Person Constructed Response, ESC 19 TX
Oct. 21, Tuesday - In Person Informational, Arlington TX
Oct. 23, Thursday - In Person Constructed Response, Channelview TX
Oct. 28, Tuesday - In Person Getting Ready to Write Gr. K-1, Tyler, TX
Oct. 29, Wednesday - In Person Constructed Response, Tyler TX

Georgia:

NEW! Effective Writing Strategies To Maximize the New Georgia ELA Standards - July 22, Tuesday - In-Person, Dublin GA

Aug. 28, Thursday - In-Person Getting Ready To Write K-1, Dublin GA

Massachusetts:

TBD

 

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Zoom: Available Everywhere

The Literacy Launch! Leveraging the Reading/Writing Connection (Gr. 2-8) 2 Hour, 9 - 11am Central
Sept. 23, Tuesday - 2hr Live Zoom
On-Demand 2 hour PD (available 24/7 for 14 days)

Launching into Literacy - Diving into Narrative Skill (Gr. 2-8)
Oct. 9th, Thursday, Live Zoom
On-Demand PD (available 24/7 for 14 days)

Launching into Literacy – Diving into Informational Skills (Gr. 2-8)
Oct. 16, Thursday - Live Zoom
Nov. 13, Thursday - Live Zoom
On-Demand PD (available 24/7 for 14 days)

Sentence A Day (Gr. K-2)
Oct. 2, Thursday - 3hr Live Zoom. 9am - 12pm Central
NEW! Oct. 27, Monday - 2hr Live Zoom geared for Canadian Educators, 4-6pm Mountain
Dec. 3, Wednesday - 2hr Live Zoom geared for Canadian Educators, 4-6 Mountain Time

Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (Gr. 2-8)

July 22, Tuesday - Live Zoom
Sept. 25, Thursday - Live Zoom
Oct. 23, Thursday - Live Zoom
Nov. 18, Tuesday - Live Zoom
On-Demand PD (available 24/7 for 14 days)

Getting Ready to Write - (Gr. K-1)
July 16, Wednesday - Live Zoom
Oct. 14, Tuesday - Live Zoom
On-Demand PD (available 24/7 for 14 days)

Editing & Revising Workshop (Gr. 3-6)
On-Demand PD (available 24/7 for 14 days)

NEW! Launching into Literacy: Diving into Informational & Narrative Skills Workshop
Sept. 20, Tuesday - Live Zoom
Oct. 28, Tuesday - Live Zoom


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