Welcome to The Writers' Room Program
What lies ahead? Through this medium we plan to share our successes and our concerns about the teaching of writing in a NCLB world. We'll also tell you what DOESN'T work. But most of all we want to show why being a coach is one of the most rewarding jobs in the world.
In the coming months, expect to see the work of schools we are in partnership with--including one middle school in Metuchen, New Jersey, and a community college in northern New Mexico, where the nursing director asked us to help nursing students write patient reports of symptoms in a clear, consistent, and accurate language.
Ellen Kolba, the cofounder of The Writer's Room™ Program, will be providing you with an inside look at what happens during a major evaluation of a program. And you will be hearing from coaches who work in the middle school and high school as well as those in the elementary school. Coach managers will take turns describing each of their schools and what it's like to be in charge of training new coaches.
Right now we are working on a case study that will show every stop of the writing/coaching process. You'll be able to read the suggestions and then see which ones, if any, the student incorporate. You'll also get an idea of how we handle mechanics. (Clue: We found out the hard way that you really don't want to wait until the final revision to pin down such things as the correct spelling of an author's name or of a book title, nor do you want to let pages and pages of long, winding ribbons of dialog unmarked by quotes numb your eyes.)
In the coming months, expect to see the work of schools we are in partnership with--including one middle school in Metuchen, New Jersey, and a community college in northern New Mexico, where the nursing director asked us to help nursing students write patient reports of symptoms in a clear, consistent, and accurate language.
Ellen Kolba, the cofounder of The Writer's Room™ Program, will be providing you with an inside look at what happens during a major evaluation of a program. And you will be hearing from coaches who work in the middle school and high school as well as those in the elementary school. Coach managers will take turns describing each of their schools and what it's like to be in charge of training new coaches.
Right now we are working on a case study that will show every stop of the writing/coaching process. You'll be able to read the suggestions and then see which ones, if any, the student incorporate. You'll also get an idea of how we handle mechanics. (Clue: We found out the hard way that you really don't want to wait until the final revision to pin down such things as the correct spelling of an author's name or of a book title, nor do you want to let pages and pages of long, winding ribbons of dialog unmarked by quotes numb your eyes.)
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