All About the Writers' Workshop

This PL is a great starting point! It looks at how to establish a workshop classroom to nurture a strong community of writers. We will examine:

- essential lesson elements (the most important being independent writing time and conferencing)

- bite-sized learning intentions to drive focused mini-lessons

- critical tools and routines to promote independence

- transferable skills over rules and prompts

- crafting a unit of work to spark joy for you and your students

- student agency, visibility, and a writing community 

We will touch on other essential elements of writing pedagogy - process, authors' craft and conferencing - but only briefly to understand how they work within the workshop. (We offer in-depth courses covering each of those aspects, see our website for details and to register.)

This course is suitable for all K-6 teachers and school leaders looking for practical strategies and tools to support a strong writing culture within their classrooms and school.

This course is being offered on two dates – choose the date that best suits you to attend.

It is part of our Four Core Courses - sign up for all four and get a discount.

A discount also applies for 3+ people from the same school attending the same workshop, so come with your friends!