Writing Retreats for Educators The gift of time and space, away from everyday life, in the company of other teacher-writers. Tailored for an academic schedule, and geared toward the specific needs of writers who teach K-12.
Workshops and Professional Development for Educators designed to promote high quality writing by educators, using techniques, activities and approaches that translate into classroom practice.
Radical Educators Retreats Inspiration, sustenance, and protected time and space to write, share work, and reflect on implications for meaningful processing and change in our classrooms and school communities.
Leaf and Pen for Students including essay writing, fiction, personal narrative and poetry.
College Essay Coaching to help students put their best writing front and center in the application process.
Workshops and Professional Development for Educators designed to promote high quality writing by educators, using techniques, activities and approaches that translate into classroom practice.
Radical Educators Retreats Inspiration, sustenance, and protected time and space to write, share work, and reflect on implications for meaningful processing and change in our classrooms and school communities.
Leaf and Pen for Students including essay writing, fiction, personal narrative and poetry.
College Essay Coaching to help students put their best writing front and center in the application process.
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"The Leaf and Pen Retreat was a wonderful experience and everything it was promoted to be. I found my time at Black Rock Forest restorative and challenging in equal parts, which seems an appropriate ratio for creative endeavors. The snowshoeing was great, the silence seductive, the workshopping intriguing, the takeaways useful. We challenge our students daily and to be challenged ourselves heightens our empathic connection in the classroom. Writing on demand, listening actively, bettering through engagement and critique are all valuable classroom skills. I so appreciate the time and beautiful setting for personal and professional growth."
--Eliza, high school English teacher, playwright, fiction writer |
"The scheduled mix of dedicated writing times and opportunities to share work and feedback with other teacher/writers provided the perfect balance. There was an incredible range of talented attendees: some working on short stories, some on novels,some on poems, short fiction or children's books, even one on a biography of an overlooked Nobel prize-winning scientist. There were young teachers in their 20s, there were some my age and older. I know of at least four different countries of birth represented, and at least eight different schools. Reading and hearing the work was both inspiring and humbling. The setting and the food were great matches for what we were all trying to do; very enjoyable while supporting the work itself."
--Dean, 6th Grade Humanities teacher, poet |