Professional Development

 The GKCWP offers a wide range of professional development opportunities  for schools, districts and administrators. In-services are designed to  help educators improve writing and the teaching of writing and literacy  and to strengthen teacher leadership in order to affect exemplary  classroom practices. All in-services are designed in collaboration with  school leadership teams or administrative offices and align with  national, state and local initiatives to support student achievement  across the content areas. 

Our Literacy th@t Works instructional resources help teachers and students read critically, explore multiple points of view, and take a stand on important issues. The program is backed by recent research which shows that schools who  provide this professional development program 

to their teachers have  seen student writing improve in all four attributes of argument  writing. 

 A minimum of 3 sessions (1/2 or full-day) facilitated by GKCWP Teacher  Consultants. Focus areas are identified by building leadership teams and  can include: Formative Assessment, Writing in Content Areas,  Reading-Writing Connection, Argument & Blended Writing.