The Bay Area Writing Project is excited to provide high quality professional development opportunities at an affordable price for teachers throughout the Bay Area, led by practicing teachers who share techniques and strategies that work in their classrooms. This workshop series is perfect for teachers, administrators, coaches, coordinators, student teachers or anyone interested in the teaching of writing.
Saturday, September 27, 2025: Workshop #1: Paper Load & Feedback
Paper Load & Feedback: Rethinking the Work of Assessment
Whether you're swamped by student writing or just rethinking your feedback practices, this is a space to reflect, connect, and reimagine your assessment approach.
Teachers are drowning in papers—essays to grade, projects to review, reflections to read—and all while trying to give meaningful and timely feedback. This BAWP workshop gives us time to pause, reflect, and reimagine how we engage with assessment. Together, we’ll explore the roots of the paper load problem, share practical strategies for managing workflow, and experiment with feedback models that are sustainable and student-centered.
Location: In person at 2121 Berkeley Way: Berkeley School of Education
Upcoming Workshops
Saturday, January 24, 2026: Workshop #2: Centering Student Needs
Looking for new strategies to serve student populations with higher needs?
Each year, teachers grapple with meeting the needs of all of their students. Typically by the second half of the school year, we have a better sense of those needs for the unique students in our classrooms. This BAWP workshop will focus on centering multilingual learners and students with learning differences, highlighting approaches that build on student assets and interests. Using writing and language production strategies, we’ll explore practices that are equitable and student-centered.
Location: In person at 2121 Berkeley Way: Berkeley School of Education
Saturday, March 7, 2026: Workshop #3: Bring in the Creativity
The antidote to springtime classroom boredom and blues!
Spring is a time of renewal, when students and teachers alike are yearning for shifts in the pace of the school year. What better time than this to dig into creative practices? This workshop series will offer strategies to refresh writing in your classroom by incorporating the arts and creative approaches to learning. We will consider possibilities for revamping end-of-year projects, space for creative writing, and opportunities for experiential writing to increase student engagement.
Location: In person at 2121 Berkeley Way: Berkeley School of Education