Writing and Revising Interventions to Excel (WRITE)
The Writing and Revising Interventions to Excel (WRITE) project provides high school teachers with a map-based instructional framework. The framework will improve writing instruction and student writing at all skill levels. WRITE project staff will also create quality resources and professional development for teachers. We want to boost confidence in teaching writing and increase teachers’ content knowledge.
The goal of the WRITE Project was to:
- Help Career and Technical Education teachers incorporate real-world writing into their instruction.
- Develop learning map models for writing as an organizing model to show the relationship among the skills students need to get “from here to there” as effective writers.
- Provide high-quality professional development to improve teacher pedagogical content knowledge in teaching writing in areas such as science and career and technical education, formative assessment practices, and self-efficacy for argumentative writing instruction.
- Provide coaching and writing support for teachers to implement learning map models and resources in realistic, engaging ways. The anticipated outcome is students who are better writers, with the ability to reflect on and revise their own writing.