Susan, What's the title of your book? It sounds like a great supplement for teaching writing to any kind of group of students. Krystal Russell On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Flewellen, Shaun M. <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Will- > > This is something I would definintely be interested in. Please keep me up > to date on new details. > > Thanks > > Shaun Flewellen > ------------------------------ > *From:* PWA Inside Talk [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of William Prescott > [[log in to unmask]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 06, 2008 11:14 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* [pwa-l] Paid writing tutors > > Dear PW'ers, > > As some of you may know, I have left the ranks of full-time graduate > students and returned to teaching. > > I am the writing teacher for the entire 5th and 6th grades at KIPP Reach > College Prep, which is a public charter school that serves largely poor > minorities. For the last three years, we've been the best middle school in > Oklahoma according to state test scores. But writing was never a priority... > until now. > > My task is to launch an entire writing department and create the school's > writing curriculum. In short, I am trying to take the PW approach - regular > feedback, high standards, and always writing with publication in mind - and > and make it work with middle schoolers. > > The challenge is class size. There's one of me, and I teach 6 classes of 35 > student a pop. (I'll let you do the math or simply trust me - it's ugly.) To > do this, I need help... and, grant-willing, I can pay. > > So, if interested please writing back with what you'd consider a fair wage. > $10 hr? $15 hr? What if we pay for your gas? > > The job would essentially be reading student work in front of them, and > offering targeted feedback. I would train you, because fledgling writers > need a little more sugar with criticism than we're used to. > > Again, the grant is only in the early drafting stage, but any feedback or > show of interest would increase the chances of successfully securing > funding. > > Further suggestions are appreciated. So are volunteers. :) > > Keep writing, > > Will Prescott > 5th and 6th grade Writing Teacher > KIPP Reach College Prep > 405-343-4096 > > P.S. Several of our graduating 8th graders are headed off to private > boarding school on full scholarship. In addition, one of those students also > won a $10,000 scholarship from the KIPP foundation. Here is a link to the 2 > minute feature story that aired last week on KOCO. > > http://www.koco.com/video/17067997/index.html > > And here's a link to KIPP's national office. For more info, on the school. > > www.kipp.org > > > *William D. Prescott* > > University of Oklahoma > > office no. 405-325-2710 > > [log in to unmask] >