Description of the Writing for a Change Workshops

• Teaching the Basics of Good Writing 
  Provides teachers with tools and ideas for creating lessons that build the student's skills incrementally in order to minimize chaotic thought and faulty grammar in student writing
• Writing Across the Curriculum
  Offers teachers a variety of methods for teaching basic writing and critical thinking skills across the curriculum
• Teaching Writing as a Problem Solving Strategy
  Gives teachers methods and ideas for developing problem-solving projects that enable students to practice and develop writing and critical thinking skills

The Writing for a Change method is designed to

• adapt to any age, grade, ability level, and curriculum.
• enhance all teaching and learning styles.
• minimize frustration by developing skills incrementally.
• blend traditional instruction with problem-solving projects.
• improve reading and thinking skills across the curriculum.
• require no special texts or workbooks.

Who will benefit from the Writing for a Change method?

Students: As students develop their skills in incrementally, they are motivated by success. As their organizational and critical thinking skills improve, so does their confidence.

Teachers: Teaching skills incrementally produces positive results that reduce frustration and time spent grading.

Faculties: Using this method across the curriculum reinforces student skills, enabling faculties to enjoy shared victories and exchange ideas for improving their school.

Schools: Continuity and reinforcement of skills and basic concepts improves reading and learning across the curriculum.

Administrators: Adopting a plan for teaching writing across the curriculum creates tools for integrating curriculum and evaluating student progress in writing and critical thinking.

Communities: Teaching writing as a problem-solving strategy teaches and encourages citizen participation.