Wachter Middle School Writing Center

1. Tara Ness & Lily Riggs Wachter Middle School Writing Center

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3. What did we want to do? • Develop a Writing Center program at Wachter Middle School • Assist students inside the classroom • Assist students after school • Develop writing skills in young students • Prepare students for upper level writing

4. What did we do? • Collaborated with a variety of Wachter teachers • Developed a Writing Center within the classrooms of three Wachter teachers • Assisted students with writing assignments • Provided additional one on one attention to students • Instilled interest for writing in young students

5. Struggles • Contacting Wachter teachers • Scheduling • Uninterested or disrespectful students • Appointment cancellations

6. Accomplishments • Productive lessons for the students • Increased understanding of key terms • Advanced opportunities to work with students • Positive influence in the classroom environment • Opportunity to work with students on IEPs • Increased understanding of middle school teaching strategies • Teacher and student perspectives • Work mostly limited to two teachers

7. Changes? • More productive scheduling • Implement after-school assistance • Consistent appointments • Review lesson before arriving at Wachter

8. We would like to thank… • Wachter Middle School • Mrs. Anne Volk • Mrs. Josie Glatt • Mr. Randy Palmer • The students • Emerging Leaders Academy