ADULT Training Program

Want to teach our writing process to your students?
This program is for you.

Broadly speaking, our community is created to serve educators. But more specifically, it is created to connect lay educators, parent educators, and co-op educators. As traditional education often no longer meets the needs of students, and as parents step in to actively and authoritatively bring quality education to their children, we are here to partner with you to bring the best support through rigorous teaching materials, relational instruction, and community connections.

Our writing instruction is the hub around which all other instructional content flows. We begin by teaching our 4-step writing methods, and then we study great literature and practice applying those steps well. Over years of practice, students become excellent, confident writers.

Program Format

It’s much easier than it may seem (the key is proper training and consistent practice), and we are here to support you along your journey to learning how to teach excellent writing to students of any and every age.

Our support to you is offered in a variety of ways:

• Utilize our handbooks and student lesson guides to learn our writing methods

• Sign up for our free webinars which provide additional instruction on many aspects of teaching writing

• Attend an ATP Handbook Training Seminar, where you will receive 5 hours of instruction through our handbooks

• Join our FaceBook group where you will be able to interact with instructors and other parents to receive insight into how others are using TWJ writing methods in their educational community

• Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our newsletter

Content

This program will teach you how to instruct your student on:

• Gathering and organizing quality ideas related to topics and prompts

• Outlining information in a logical order

• Creating quality sentences and paragraphs

• Utilizing stylistic elements and adding interesting information

• Understanding necessary grammar rules and how to apply them

• Assessing quality of work based on four main components: content, organization, grammar, and style

• Editing independently to create the BEST (not simply more) writing

• Applying the reader’s perspective while writing

• Blending literature with writing to study authors’ proficient writing

• Developing critical thinking and verbal communication skills

• Suggesting methods to evaluate your student’s writing

• and MUCH more!

Current ATP Offerings

FAQs

The ATP equips two important groups of adults:

1. Parents who desire to become better equipped to teach and support their own children’s instruction

2. Instructors in co-ops where writing instruction is offered

While we will continue to offer live virtual classes, we understand that in-person instruction is important for students. That is why we support families and co-ops where students come together to learn. Our ATP is designed to equip and empower other adults to teach our tried-and-true writing methods. We want to partner with you and your co-op to bring our great instruction to your students. If you simply provide a willing individual, we will do the training and mentoring.

A good candidate is someone who is eager to partner with others to learn how to teach our tried and true writing methods to their own children, or students in a local co-op or school. We understand that adults are extremely busy individuals; therefore, this program is designed to be as efficient as possible – for you. While a variety of options are available for you to become a part of our community and learn our writing methods, nothing surpasses relational instruction. This is what you will receive in our ATP Handbook Training Seminar and mentoring program. Our goal is to help you become a confident writing instructor, so we are doing our best to work with your busy, demanding schedule. We simply need a teachable individual, ready to learn how to become an even better writing instructor. This opportunity is available for ALL adults: parents (and grandparents), co-op leaders and instructors, school teachers, etc.

Our Adult Training Program begins with our ATP Handbook Training Seminar, which teaches the concepts found in TWJ Writing Foundations Handbook, Student Lesson Guide, and Literature Guide. After individuals complete the ATP Handbook Training Seminar, they will have the option to participate in a mentoring program, which will include peer support and professional mentoring as they teach TWJ methods and learn to evaluate their students’ written work.

While there will be no time to complete homework when attending the ATP Handbook Training Seminar, it is strongly recommended that individuals practice each of the skills taught in the seminar in order to learn each skill completely. This can be accomplished through the mentoring opportunity that will be offered in conjunction with the seminar, or it can also be accomplished independently or with a group of teachers in a school or other educational community.