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Teachers & Writers Collaborative (T&W) provides school-based and after-school writing programs led by professional writers for K-12 students, professional development workshops for teachers and administrators, and writing workshops for young people and adults at community sites and T&W’s Center for Imaginative Writing.

School-based Residencies

During a T&W writing residency, students come to think of themselves as writers. Most T&W workshops begin with students reading and discussing the work of contemporary and classic writers. Through these activities, students learn literary elements and techniques that they are then asked to use in their own creative writing—guided by a writing prompt assigned by the T&W writer. At the end of most T&W programs, students work with the writer to revise their work, which T&W publishes in an anthology.

T&W provides writing programs for K-12 students of all ages and backgrounds, including:

  • Elementary school (K-5)
  • Middle school (6-8)
  • High school (9-12)
  • At-risk (dropout prevention)
  • Gifted and talented
  • English language learners (Spanish; call T&W for other languages)
  • Special education (in stand-alone District 75 schools/classes and mainstreamed classrooms)
  • Children with conditions on the autism spectrum

T&W programs help students develop creative and imaginative skills, increased motivation and skills in reading, and an improved ability to express their experiences and ideas in writing. Our writers-in-residence are backed by T&W’s 45 years of expertise in teaching writing. A T&W writer at your school can draw on the experience of T&W’s team of more than 50 writers who are also experienced teachers, and on the innovative, time-tested ideas in T&W’s publications and archives.

Programs are available both during regular class time and after school. Schools can select programs in a variety of genres, including:

  • Poetry, fiction, and playwriting
  • Literary and personal essays
  • Memoir and journal writing
  • Content-area writing (e.g. social studies, history, the sciences)
  • Expository writing (e.g. persuasive essays, argumentative essays)
  • College application essay 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. Free sample issues and a discounted subscription of Teachers & Writers Magazine, winner of 10 Educational Press Awards for Excellence.
  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 workshops.)
  5. A reading/celebration for students and parents, either at the school or at T&W’s Center for Imaginative Writing.

To learn more or to bring a T&W program to your school, please contact T&W at 212-691-6590 or workshops@twc.org.

Program Fees and Benefits: Effective July 1, 2011

T&W Program Fees: Daily fees for T&W writing programs for students that take place during regular class time at schools in the five boroughs are as follows. Prices include planning meetings, celebration days, and anthologies of student work for students, teachers, and administrators.

  • Days 1-10: 2 periods ($420), 3 periods ($440), 4 periods ($460), 5 periods ($480)
  • Days 11-20: 2 periods ($400), 3 periods ($420), 4 periods ($440), 5 periods ($460)

To discuss fees for student programs lasting more than 20 days, please call 212-691-6590 or e-mail workshops@twc.org.

After-school and Weekend Programs:

  • 1-2-hour workshops: $400 per day
  • 3-4-hour workshops: $500 per day

Professional Development Workshops: Professional development workshops cost $750 for a two-hour session. Each additional hour costs $200. The fee includes one or more T&W publications on teaching writing for every workshop participant.

T&W Program Fees Outside New York City: Daily fees for T&W writing programs for students held during regular class time at schools outside the five boroughs are listed below. Please contact T&W at 212-691-6590 or workshops@twc.org to discuss prices for longer programs.

  • Days 1-10: 2 periods ($440), 3 periods ($460), 4 periods ($480), 5 periods ($500)
  • Days 11-19: 2 periods ($420), 3 periods ($440), 4 periods ($460), 5 periods ($480)

Program Benefits: T&W publishes an anthology of student work written during each program lasting at least 10 days. Each teacher who works with a T&W writer receives copies of T&W’s award-winning quarterly magazine, Teachers & Writers Magazine.