Improving Your Skills with Assessment, Differentiation, and Teaching the Craft and Process of Writing

About this workshop:

Overview
What does it take to become an excellent writing teacher?
In this two-day workshop, you’ll learn about three of the most essential skills for teaching students to write well: assessing student writers, differentiating instruction for them, and teaching them effectively about author’s craft and the writing process. During the workshop, you’ll learn practical strategies you’ll be able to use right away to lift the level of writing instruction in your classroom. Drawing upon his 30 years of experience working with teachers around the world, and his many foundational books on teaching writing, Carl Anderson will give you a unique learning experience. By the end of the workshop series, you’ll be able to apply what you learn successfully in your teaching.
The workshop will focus on these aspects of teaching writing:

• ·Setting assessment-based writing goals for students. In the first part of the workshop, Carl will discuss how to use multiple lenses to get to know your students as writers, and with the information you gather, set individualized writing goals for them that will help you differentiate instruction.
• · Individualizing instruction. Next, you’ll learn strategies for leading effective small- group lessons and writing conferences, the two places where you can best differentiate instruction for students.
• · Teaching effective craft and process lessons. Finally, Carl will help you improve the two types of lessons you’ll teach students: craft lessons, which help them incorporate the qualities or writing into their work, and process lessons, which help them navigate each stage of the writing process.

Carl will explain methods for teaching with mentor texts in craft lessons, and process texts in process lessons. As part of the workshop, you’ll study and analyze student writing samples. You’ll also watch videos of Carl teaching that bring to life the strategies and methods he’s discussing. During the workshop, participants will learn practical strategies they can use as soon as they return to their classrooms, and which will help them become better teachers of writing

Workshop Leader Biography: Carl Anderson
Carl Anderson is an internationally recognized expert in writing instruction for grades K-8. He began his career in education as a teacher in elementary and middle schools in the Bronx, New York; Bardstown, Kentucky; and Northbrook, Illinois. Today he works as a consultant in schools and districts around the world, and is known for his school-based residencies, PD workshops, conference keynotes, and webinars. Carl is the author of numerous books on teaching writing, including How to Become a Better Writing Teacher (with Matt Glover) and Teaching Fantasy Writing: Lessons that Inspire Student Creativity and Engagement K-6, as well as A Teacher’s Guide to Mentor Texts K-5, A Teacher's Guide to Writing Conferences K-8, the best-selling How's It Going? A Practical Guide to Conferring with Student Writers, as well as Assessing Writers and the Strategic Writing Conferences series.

Agenda (Saturday, Sunday Nov14-15, 2025)
Day 1 Saturday
07:40-08:00	Registration
08:00 - 9:30 (1.5hs)	Session 1
9:30 – 10:00	Refreshment Break
10:00 - 11:30(1.5hs)	Session 2
11:30 - 12:30	Lunch
12:30 - 14:00 (1.5hs)	Session 3
14:00 - 14:30	Refreshment Break
14:30 - 16:00 (1.5hs)	Session 4

Day 2 Sunday
08:00 - 9:30 (1.5hs)	Session 1
9:30 – 10:00	Refreshment Break
10:00 - 11:30(1.5hs)	Session 2
11:30 - 12:30	Lunch
12:30 - 14:00 (1.5hs)	Session 3
14:00 - 14:30	Refreshment Break
14:30 - 16:00 (1.5hs)	Session 4

Refreshment Break: coffee, tea, bottle waters, snack and fruits
Lunch: school lunch on Nov 14-15, 2025

Registration Fee: RMB3650 per participant
Group Deal: RMB 3285 per participant for 5 or more participants
Early Bird： RMB 3285 before 31/08/2025

Refund Policy:

• • If the workshop is canceled for reasons beyond our control and we are unable to find a suitable alternative time for most participants, IES will inform participants of the cancellation before 14/10/2025 and refund the actual paid registration fee only, additional expenses (such as hotel accommodations, transportation, etc.) are not eligible for refunds.
• • If a registered participant notifies IES of their disability to attend before 30/09/2025, IES will issue a refund of the actual paid registration fee. However, if this notification occurs after 30/09/2025, IES will not be able to provide a refund.

Certificate:E-certificate signed by Carl Anderson will be issued after the workshop