Using TWF in a Homeschool Co-op Setting
The Write Foundation originally was developed in a one-day-a-week homeschool co-op class setting. The instruction manual is lesson plans designed so other homeschool co-op teachers and moms teaching at home could successfully teach formal writing. The teacher/parent is provided the tools needed to teach each lesson laid out in a format with minimal teacher preparation necessary once the system is learned.
Teaching Tools provided:
When you purchase a level of The Write Foundation curriculum, you are sent Teacher Presentation Interactive Digital: highlighted pdfs. These are easily used on your computer where information is typed by you in the colored spaces as student view the computer monitor while students copy / write on their worksheets. Why students should hand write their notes?
Teacher Presentation options:
- At Home or Co-op: Type answers on your computer display using the Teacher Presentation Interactive Digitals, while students copy/write on their worksheets.
- At Home or Co-op: Write the Teacher Presentation (TP) information directly from the instruction manual or original information on a white board or plain paper for the student(s) to copy on their worksheets.
- At Home: View the Teacher Presentation (TP) directly from the instruction manual. The student(s) would copy/write on the worksheets.
- Co-op: A large chart tablet (buy at a school supply store or online) could also be used for some pages where information is not being brainstormed, just copied and then saved for use with another class session. The student(s) would copy/write on the worksheets. https://www.amazon.com/PAC74710-Chart-Tablets https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WMP3SZA/ref=syn_sd_onsite_desktop_0?ie=UTF8&psc=1&pd_rd_plhdr=t&aref=ZGjCTsLp3F
Other tools:
- Assignments assist students working in a home setting and co-op while they complete their work at home. The assignments come in the student worksheets and at the end of each lesson in the instruction manuals.
- Daily Schedules are organized in a 4 - 5 day a week setting. Each lesson is organized in sections. In the Daily Schedule these sections are grouped together and then put into 5-day sessions.
- Daily Schedules can easily be grouped into a 2-day a week teaching setting.
- Grading checklists are included for each level. Grading checklists come with suggested points off for the required elements. These make grading much easier. The points can be adjusted to fit individual needs.
Homeschool Co-op Structure:
Co-ops are structured in different ways.
- Some co-ops are structured where the teacher is not paid, but everyone helps with the work load. If the teacher is not paid then certain jobs and expenses should be shared to keep from overloading one or two people with work and costs.
- Students (parents) need to purchase their own worksheets and supplies.
- 1 person is needed to teach each lesson.
- Others could grade. Helps when work is graded during class time. Big help!
- Other co-ops are structured where the teacher is paid by the parents of the students or the co-op handles the money and pays the teacher. When paid, the teacher will still need to determine if any assistance is needed from any other moms.
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- 1 teacher can handle the entire load.
- Most writing teachers could use some help grading no matter how much they are paid. A teacher might want to scholarship a student or two and in exchange, the mom(s) could help with grading.
- All students still need to purchase their own worksheets and supplies.
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Whether teaching your own children at home or teaching many students in a homeschool co-op setting, The Write Foundation provides you with teaching materials to enable you to successfully teach your children how to write. The Write Foundation prepares students not only for writing college level essays; it also develops organization skills that students will use throughout their lives.
If you need more assistance on how to teach in a homeschool co-op or a home setting, please contact Rebecca. Her goal is to get information and tools into teacher’s hands that make teaching writing a doable task.
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