Free Training for K-8 Educators
How to Engage Every Student During Writing
...without spending hours planning for additional learning needs.
Over 100,000 classrooms changed!
Move struggling students from writing a few boring sentences to detailed text-based writing. Earn a PD certificate and a free month of writing lessons at the end of this 1.5-hour training.
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Targeted Planning
Make a simple plan for all of your students, from the struggling ones to the high achievers
Differentiation
Learn easy built-in differentiation techniques for your ELL, special education, and struggling writers
90 Minute PD
Simple Strategies
Make small tweaks to differentiate any writing lesson for all levels of writers
Support
Put supports into place so that your students can write independently
Bonus Resource for attendees
Receive a Month of Writing Lessons For FREE
Teaching writing should not be tedious! Using the strategies and resources from this training, you and your students will finally enjoy the writing process again. Lessons available for K-8.
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How it Works
Choose a Session
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Confirmation Email & Text
You will receive the link to join the session. Enter your phone number to ensure you get text reminders.
Attend
Log in 5 minutes early. Enjoy a small group PD you can use in your classroom immediately. Stay until the end for your certificate and free resources.
Follow Up
You will receive a copy of the certificate and free resources in your inbox the next day.
Looking for Homeschool?
We have a training specifically for home educators. You can find it here.
About the Presenter
April Smith, M.Ed.
April Smith is an experienced literacy coach with a M.Ed. in Reading, Language and Literacy from CSU San Marcos. She began as a reading interventionist in a rural public district on a reservation, then taught grades 4–8 in rural Arizona. She also served as a district writing coach. Now, she trains teachers and school leaders across the country on how to integrate direct writing instruction, focusing on teaching spelling and grammar skills in context while tailoring lessons to meet the needs of all writers through targeted intervention tools and lesson modifications. Since 2017, she has trained over 150,000 educators nationwide, both in-person and online. She is the author of Simplify Your Writing Instruction: A Framework for a Student-Centered Writing Block. As a parent of a child with dyslexia and dysgraphia, April is particularly passionate about supporting students with learning disabilities. She also serves on the board for The Reading League Arizona and the literacy nonprofit Paws For Youth. April is currently a doctoral student studying literacy curriculum implementation at the Johns Hopkins School of Education.
