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Testimonials
“The Write Tools combines research-based, classroom-proven strategies with exceptional professional development. The deliberate integration of 6 Traits Writing and the strong connections made to reading instruction give teachers the skills and strategies to differentiate instruction and close student achievement gaps in writing.”
—Jean Bell, Federal Projects Director, Wickenburg, AZ
“ My class writing assessment scores went way up last year after I began your writing planning process. Thank you!”
—Dori Johnson, 3rd Grade Teacher, Petaluma, CA
“I am totally impressed with this program. I have taught for 6 years and this is way better than anything I have used.”
—Suzanne Willis, 1st Grade Teacher, Holbrook, AZ
“I plan to begin using some of these methods and suggestions in my classes tomorrow, because they are so clearly beneficial and easy to use.”
—Lee Cording, High School Teacher, Deshler Public School District, Deshler, NE
“You have transformed my students’ reading, writing, and note taking!”
—Sue Bittfield, High School Teacher, B running Davenport USD, Bruning, NE
“I feel like I really know where I’m going with teaching writing. I feel like I have a real, practical way to teach young kiddos to write better.
—Stephanie Crowe, 3rd Grade Teacher, Fox Creek Elementary, Highlands Ranch, CO
“I used everything we learned in my classroom! I have seen a major improvement in their writing in the last 6 weeks. I am a reading and writing teacher who loves learning now to better teach my students.”
—Julia Battiato, 5th Grade Teacher, Cougar Run Elementary, Highlands Ranch, CO
“The Write Tools is the best training SCUSD has ever offered.”
—Kara Broderick, 1st Grade Teacher, Sacramento Unified School District, Sacramento, CA
“I love The Write Tools workshops! Informative, organized, and inspiring! The Write Tools has given me ‘wind’ under my “teacher wings’.”
—Cheryl D. Skinner, 1st Grade Teacher, Sacramento Unified School District, Sacramento, CA
“I took the personal narrative module and immediately implemented the lessons into my classroom. Our state-wide writing assessment scores soared! My students were comfortable with planners, movers, etc. and we were 99% proficient!! My principal thinks I’m a genius.”
—Lindsay Davis, Wood River Elementary, Wood River, NE
“Even though I’ve been teaching for a long time, I learned many new ideas to make writing more meaningful for primary writers.”
—Marlene Kramer, Instructional Coach, White Mountain Elementary, Rock Springs, WY
“The workshop brought together my other training—Heinemann “Read, Write & Talk”; 6 Traits; Bay Area Writing Project.”
—Cindy Marshall, Resource Teacher, St. Clement, Diocese of Oakland, Hayward, CA
“We got through everything, and I was never overwhelmed or bored. The program is so cohesive and fluent!”
—Christina Coppola, Grade 1 teacher, James W. Marshall Elementary, Sacramento, CA
“I can’t count the number of ‘ah-ha’ moments I had during this workshop. I wish I would have had this training during my teacher prep in college—it would have changed my whole philosophy!”
—Kaci Johnson, sixth-grade teacher, Ansley, NE
“These strategies along with the training and coaching gave our Intensive Literacy Groups (ILG) summer school teachers the tools they needed to take the mystery out of writing. Our Migrant Education students made great strides in just 21 days using these powerful strategies. Jack O’Connell, California Department of Education’s Superintendent visited several ILG classrooms and said, ‘This model should be replicated.’”
—Anna Leon, Program Manager, Region VIII Migrant Ed Program, Visalia, CA.
“Our district is in program improvement, and our time is precious. The strategies I’ve learned here are very practical and I think they will help me to utilize my teaching time.”
—Jamie Ratti, eighth-grade teacher, Vacaville, CA
“It is important for every teacher, in every school, in every classroom, across every content area, to use a common language for instruction so students can move from classroom to classroom, grade to grade, and school to school with consistent instruction. These strategies, when combined with the great staff development this group offers, prepare teachers to do just that.”
—Frances Doyle, Director of Curriculum Training, St. Louis Public Schools
“I have twin sons in second grade in separate classrooms. Although both boys have excellent teachers, only one son has learned these strategies. He is able to quickly organize his ideas and is writing up to two pages! I am looking forward to having all my teachers trained in these strategies so all students can benefit.”
—Mike McClellan, Park Elementary School Principal/Parent, Holbrook, AZ
“We write a lot of summaries/reports in my social studies classes and I can plug this into my curriculum in the Fall.”
—Brett Davis, sixth-grade teacher, Johnson, NE
“I found the information and writing tools to be very user friendly and easy to implement. My first grade students are going to love the color coding, and the sentence strips will be a great hands-on way to teach topic sentences, Big Ideas, details, and conclusions. I can’t wait to ‘pink it up’ with my kids.”
—Sandy Behrends, first-grade teacher, Johnson, NE
“Thank you for giving a great sequential order and plan of how to organize my writing for the year.”
—Annette Willis, fourth-grade teacher, Roseville, CA
“I’ve been looking for a way to help my ELL kids and reluctant writers ‘get it’ and want to write. The Write Tools did this and more.
— Jan Gibson, fourth-grade teacher, Modesto, CA
I think that this has been the best class I’ve taken since I started teaching ten years ago!
—Robin Watson, Lowell Elementary School, Mesa, AZ
Alice's strategies are researched based and connect to Six-Trait Writing very well. They are student-friendly and have an immediate impact on students’ ability to write and plan for writing. As an experienced Six-Trait trainer and teacher of K-5 writing, I have found Alice's strategies highly useful in teaching the traits. Our students have shown improvement on our writing assessments after less than a year of using her strategies.
I would highly recommend this class to ANY classroom teacher!
—Kevin Brown, Strategist, Prairie Crest Elementary, Cedar Rapids, IA
“Many times Kindergarten is forgotten or barely touched on during inservices. The Write Tools do a great job including Kindergarten, giving ideas and showing samples!”
—Suzanne Powell, Kindergarten teacher,—Indian Wells Elementary, Holbrook, AZ
“I appreciate that this supports my belief in the way writing should be taught! I loved seeing the real-life examples and pictures.”
—Melanie Wescott, 3rd Grade Teacher, Doris Reed Elementary, Clark County, Nevada
“This training has significantly changed my thought about teaching writing from scary to a feeling of comfort.”
—Jeff Pottratz, 3rd Grade Teacher, Clark County, NV
“I know I will be a better writing instructor because of this workshop”
—Val McGregor, fourth-grade teacher, Hayward, CA
“It gave me easy ways to present persuasive writing to middle school students”
—Kris Farris, middle school teacher, Auburn, CA
“The Write Tools workshop takes both new and veteran teachers’ practice to the next level. Using clear, effective, and realistic strategies, teachers leave the workshop confident and ready to translate their learning into greater student success. Alice Greiner energizes the room with her expertise, her teaching style, and enthusiasm.”
—Carol Raymond, teacher/special assignment, Los Altos Elementary School District
“We added coaching to our training model for teaching writing in 2004…Your coaches spent time in our classrooms planning, teaching, and observing writing instruction. The coaching has also been well received by our teachers…Many of our teachers have said it is the most valuable professional development they have every had.”
—Phyllis Vogel, Assistant Superintendent Emerita,Cupertino Union School District