Professional Development For Teachers

Professional development for teachers focuses on building or strengthening viable writing communities that support students in growing as writers. Professional development sessions offer a keen understanding of each aspect of a Writer’s Workshop session, including what teachers and students should be doing in each aspect.

These invaluable sessions help educators see not only the what but also the why of writing instruction. Information learned will empower teachers to confidently deliver highly-effective writing instruction that allows students to grow into exceptional, independent writers.

Strategies learned will transfer into confident student writers tackling various genres. These strategies also add joy to Writing Workshop sessions as students bring their interests, their thinking and their lives to the page.

Engagement will flourish in teachers’ revamped Writer’s Workshop sessions!

Professional Development for Literacy Leads

Our consultants recognize how knowledgeable your Literacy Lead is. There are times, however, when leaders need support in seeing trends throughout a grade, grade-span or even a building. Identifying these trends is the first step in improving writing within a school. This is where PRP Consulting comes in!

Let our consultants work side by side with your Literacy Lead to identify trends in instruction and implement strategies and resources that are sure to enhance writing instruction. Information collected from trends will increase your teachers’ understanding of how writing can progress in each of their classrooms

Professional Development for Administrators

With the amount of work that administrators must accomplish daily, it is quite difficult for school leaders to focus their time solely on writing instruction.

Our consultants work with school leaders to take the guess-work out of identifying effective writing instruction. Let us sit with you and share resources and information that demystify robust writing instruction. We answer all questions regarding what to look for during Writer’s Workshop sessions and share practical, yet potent, feedback that can make meaningful differences in instruction.

Our consultants can also help you create an itinerary of the work around writing that your Literacy Lead and teachers can engage in during staff or grade level meetings.

When all stakeholders are working toward improved writing instruction, the results can be amazing!

How PRP Consulting Can Structure Your Professional Development

Professional Development focused on Writer’s Workshop. Choose this option for an in-depth look at each component of Writer’s Workshop. Participants will engage in a meaningful learning opportunity where strategies are discussed and modeled, resources are shared and critical questions are answered.

Choose this option for more tailored support of select teachers or grades. Allow our consultants to:

• Informally observe Writer’s Workshop sessions at a grade level or grade span to determine trends in writing instruction. Trends identified will be shared as well as valuable resources and strategies to strengthen the teaching of writing.
• Work with your Literacy Lead to share strategies and resources that will continue the work of improved writing instruction long after our consultants have gone.
• Work with school leaders to share trends identified and suggested strategies and resources to implement. These conversations ensure all building stakeholders are on the same page and working in the same manner toward a common goal – improved writing instruction!
• Deliver a professional development session for teachers that addresses the identified trends in writing instruction to answer critical questions, model intended outcomes and look at instruction through the lens of student work.

Choose this option for highly tailored support of teachers at all or most grade levels in your building. Allow our consultants to do any of the following:

• Informally observe Writer’s Workshop sessions at all grade levels or grade spans to determine trends in writing instruction. Trends identified will be shared as well as valuable resources and strategies to strengthen the teaching of writing.
• Work with your Literacy Lead to share strategies and resources that will continue the work of improved writing instruction long after our consultants have gone.
• Work with the Literacy Lead to develop a sound, structured plan to move writing instruction in classrooms where instruction is at the novice level, advanced level and all levels in between.
• Work with the Literacy Lead to structure and implement peer observations amongst teachers of writing.
• Work with the Literacy Lead to bolster the curriculum by adding intentional, engaging writing opportunities that are aligned to the standards.
• Work with teachers at grade level meetings to help focus effective writing instruction.
• Work with school leaders to share trends identified and suggested strategies and resources to implement. These conversations ensure all building stakeholders are on the same page and working in the same manner toward a common goal – improved writing instruction!
• Work with school leaders to take the guess-work out of identifying effective writing instruction. Our consultants will share resources and information that demystify robust writing instruction and answer any questions that you may have regarding what to look for during Writer’s Workshop sessions and share practical, yet potent, feedback that can make meaningful differences in instruction.
• Work with school leaders to help create an itinerary of the work around writing that the Literacy Lead and teachers can engage in during staff or grade level meetings.
• Deliver up to three professional development sessions for teachers that address the identified trends in writing instruction to answer critical questions, model intended outcomes and look at instruction through the lens of student work.
• Work with a group of student writers (selected by School Leaders) to model highly effective writing instruction. Teachers will have the opportunity to watch in real time as our consultant models how to support students in growing as independent writers.
• Deliver up to two writing workshops for families with a focus on strategies for supporting their children when writing at home.