School-based Residencies

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During a T&W writing residency, students come to think of themselves as writers. They ask more questions about grammar and spelling, write more, experiment with a variety of literary genres, read the work of contemporary and traditional writers, and take their writing through revision to publication. T&W’s residency program can be designed for K-12 students of all ages and backgrounds:

  • Elementary school (K-5)
  • Middle school (6-8)
  • High school (9-12)
  • At-risk (dropout prevention)
  • Gifted and talented
  • Title I
  • Bilingual (Spanish; call T&W for other languages)
  • Special education (District 75)
  • Alternative high schools (District 79)

T&W residencies help students and teachers improve their writing skills and learn to write more imaginatively. Our writers-in-residence are backed by an organization that has forty years of expertise in teaching writing. The writer-in-residence at your school can draw on the experience of T&W’s team of more than 50 writers who are also experienced teachers, and the innovative, time-tested ideas in T&W’s publications and archives.

Residencies are available both during regular classtime and in after-school programs. Schools can select residencies in a variety of genres, including:

  • Poetry, fiction, and playwriting
  • Literary and personal essays
  • Memoir and journal writing
  • Multicultural literature and writing
  • Whole language learning
  • Theater improvisation for problem solving and conflict resolution
  • Content-area writing (e.g. social studies, history, the sciences)
  • Children’s literature
  • Expositiory writing
  • Journalism

When you set up a T&W writing residency, your school receives the following:

  1. A planning session (before the residency), in which teachers and a professional writer from T&W plan the workshops and discuss goals, expectations, and scheduling.
  2. Hands-on writing workshops in the literary genre of your choice.
  3. T&W’s innovative books on teaching writing for all participating teachers.
  4. A handsome anthology of student writing and art by participating students, which T&W prints and delivers to your school. (Requires a minimum of 10 sessions.)
  5. A reading/celebration for students and parents, either at the school or at T&W’s Center for Imaginative Writing.

Cost & Residency Included Benefits

T&W Program Costs: A T&W 2-class residency day costs $400, a 3-class residency days costs $420, and a 4-class residency day costs $440.
After-school Residencies costs $400 per day.

T&W Program Costs for Out of Town Schools (any school not accessible by New York City public transportation): A T&W 2-class residency day costs $420, a T&W 3-class residency day $440, and a T&W 4-class residency day costs $460.
After-school Residencies costs $420 per day.

Residency Included Benefits of T&W Writer-in-Residence Programs: As a part of T&W’s Writer-in-Residence program, all participating teachers will receive complimentary copies of T&W Books. For residencies of 10 days or more, participating students, teachers, and administrators will receive an anthology of writing produced during the residency.

Contact T&W Programs

For more information about school-based writing residencies, professional development sessions, or other workshop opportunities, call 212-691-6590, e-mail workshops@twc.org, or send a fax to 212-675-0171.

T&W’s contract number with NYC’s Department of Education is QC510BY.

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Become a T&W Writer

If you are a writer who wants to teach for Teachers & Writers Collaborative, download and fill out an Application Form and mail it with a copy of your résumé to: Workshops, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 520 Eighth Ave., Ste. 2020, New York, NY 10018. (Note: No résumés will be accepted without the completed application form.)

Writers working with T&W are experienced, dynamic teachers committed to inspiring the love of language and writing in their students. T&W writers have published their work in books and in national magazines such as the New Yorker, Essence, and the New York Review of Books, and they have won many awards. They offer students a glimpse into the life of a writer, and inspire the students to create their own literary art.