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Join Kristina Smekens for this one-day virtual & interactive workshop to head into the new school year with a plan for launching your writer’s workshop! You’ll learn powerful strategies that will help your students become stronger writers, regardless of the writing curriculum you’re currently using.
A digital copy of Launching the Writer’s Workshop is included!
Available in two grade-specific events:
June 3, 2021 & August 3, 2021
June 4, 2021 & August 4, 2021
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Whether you buy the book or register for a workshop, you’ll get lifetime access to digital resources that will help you launch your writing year!


LITERACY EXPERT
Meet your guide

Kristina Smekens
President & Lead Consultant
After learning from Kristina, you’ll feel excited and ready to apply new ideas in your own classroom. This is because she has a gift for making the complex seem simple. You will learn how to meet the needs of readers and writers by bridging the gap between education research and practical classroom-tested strategies that get results!
What Educators are Saying

“This workshop gave me a concrete plan, helped me structure the first few weeks of the school year, and gave me a tool kit FULL of great ways to help my students.”
Megan Sears
Annapolis High School
Dearborn Heights, MI

Andrea Simpson
Southport Middle School
Indianapolis, IN

“Everything presented has been applicable to my kindergarten classroom, and I can already feel my confidence as a writing teacher growing!“
Meredith Wolff
Camden Primary School
Camden, OH