What you are going to learn

Course description

Workshop Leader Biography: Carl Anderson

Carl Anderson is an internationally recognized expert in writing instruction for grades K-8. He works as a consultant in schools and districts around the world, and is the author of numerous books on teaching writing, including the new How to Become a Better Writing Teacher (with Matt Glover, Fall 2023), 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. Carl is known for his school-based residencies, PD workshops, conference keynotes, and webinars.

Carl 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 is known for his conference keynotes, PD workshops, and in-school residencies.

Carl is also known for being an avid fan of the Beatles and Bob Dylan, as well as his lifelong passion for sailing. He lives with his wife Robin in Brooklyn, New York, and is thrilled when their adult children visit them.

About this workshop

As a writing teacher, you know that your students are at different levels, and have different needs. How can you provide just the right instruction that will help each of your students move forward as writers? 

In this workshop, Carl Anderson will show you how to answer this question—by having daily writing conferences with your students.  Carl will show you how conferences will help you discover and assess what students are trying to do as writers, and then teach them what they need to learn about navigating the stages of the writing process and how to integrate the qualities of good writing into their narrative, informational and persuasive pieces, so that they grow as writers across the school year.  He’ll discuss the teacher’s role in a writing conference and strategies for helping students play an active role in conferences, and answer the most frequently asked questions about managing conferences in a classroom.  Throughout the workshop, Carl will show videos of his conferences with students to give participants a clear image of effective conferring.

Certificate: E-certificate signed by Carl Anderson will be issued 5 working days after the workshop.

Registration Fee:  USD 600 (RMB 4350) per participant
Group Deal:           USD 560 (RMB 4150) per participant for 5 or more participants
Early Bird：           USD 560 (RMB 4150) before 30/06/2024

Refund Policy:
Refunds for the workshop may only be issued if cancelled by the Workshop leader(for reasons beyond his control) and we failed to find a suitable time for most of participants; or registered participant informs IES he/she is not able to show up before 30/06/2024;
If there is insufficient registration before 20/08/2024 the IES will inform participants of the cancellation and refund the actual paid registration fee only.