Workshop Two: Putting It All Together

Use all the Seven Steps to plan and write a complete text. Then learn how to move students from writing collaboratively to writing solo.

• Planning and drafting – Work in groups to plan and write a complete informative text.
• Going solo – Learn how to gradually reduce the scaffolds until students are writing solo.
• Narrative writing – Discover how this collaborative writing approach applies to narrative texts.

Use the Seven Steps to provide explicit feedback to improve and finesse a text.

• Explicit feedback – See which Steps are most relevant when providing explicit feedback on structure and expression to help students revise and improve their work. Put it into practice by providing feedback on a student writing sample.
• Gradual release – Learn how to develop students’ ability to peer-assess and then self-assess
  their work.

Accreditation Workshop Two – Online
Certificate: Australian Professional Standards for Teachers Hours: 5.5 hours PD

Accreditation Workshop Two – Face to face
For WA, NT, TAS and SA Certificate: Australian Professional Standards for Teachers Hours: 6.75 hours PD
For VIC, NSW, QLD and ACT Certificate: Australian Professional Standards for Teachers Hours: 6 hours PD
Hours: 6 hours PD Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

Workshop Two is for teachers who are experienced in the Seven Steps.

It is a requirement that you have learned the theory and taught at least Steps 1, 2, 3 and 7 in your classroom. This will ensure that you and all participants get the most out of the day and take away a more advanced understanding of the Seven Steps.

To attend Workshop Two, you must:

• have been trained in the Seven Steps through one or more of the following methods:
  • face-to-face training – attended either a Workshop or whole-school training
  • official coaching – been taught the theory and practice of at least Steps 1, 2, 3 and 7 by a licensed Seven Steps Coach
  • via Teacher Hub (formerly Seven Steps Online) – watched at least all the theory videos in the Narrative Writing Course.

AND

• have rolled out the Seven Steps (or at least Steps 1, 2, 3 and 7) in your classroom.

Please note that while Workshop Two will briefly touch on the key points of each Step, we won’t be going into detail as it is assumed that participants already know the Seven Steps.

If you think you may need a refresher of the Seven Steps theory, we welcome you to come back to Workshop One or sign up to Teacher Hub.

The activities in Workshop Two are designed for intermediate writers, but they can easily be adapted to suit beginner writers. Differentiation suggestions are provided as part of each session and there are opportunities to discuss ideas with other participants.

For additional support on how to use the Seven Steps techniques with early years students, we recommend Applying the Seven Steps with Beginner Writers (Online Session).

Yes. Workshop Two can help you teach students how to progress their writing well into early secondary and beyond. Your students will learn how to apply the Seven Steps techniques to different text types, create hybrid texts by integrating elements of all three text types, write a complete text with confidence, and self-assess their work to improve it. These are invaluable skills throughout secondary school.

You’ll receive a handout with resources, activities, feedback and assessment rubrics, planning templates and writing graphs. You’ll also receive access to an exclusive Workshop Two web page containing resources, links and videos referenced during the day.

Yes, Seven Steps to Writing Success is on the NESA Recognised Provider list.

NESA has updated its policies and processes so that providers can no longer report your attendance at a workshop. You will need to log your hours into eTAMS. To assist you with completing this, here is the key data you need to log:

• Date of activity: Insert workshop date
• Activity type: Course
• Name of activity: 
  • Workshop Two: Putting It All Together or
  • Workshop Two (Online): Putting It All Together
• Standard(s) addressed: 
  • Standards 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6
• Duration:
  • Workshop One: Seven Steps to Transform Writing – 6 hours
  • Workshop One (Online): Seven Steps to Transform Writing – 6 hours
• Provider (if applicable): Seven Steps to Writing Success
• Priority area (if applicable): None

While we don’t provide copies of the slides, we do provide an extensive workshop handout packed with theory, activities and templates, plus plenty of space to take notes during the session!

The 3-month subscription to Teacher Hub Essentials is an extension of workshop material and is considered part of the workshop.  It is not a separate product.

As soon as you book your spot (or someone books one on your behalf), you’ll gain access to your Teacher Hub Starter account. A Teacher Hub Starter account allows you to:

• access over 60 resources, including lesson plans, writing samples and videos
• view details about your upcoming training 
• purchase resources and book into future events.

After your workshop (or after Session 1 of an online workshop), you’ll be upgraded to a complimentary 3-month Teacher Hub Essentials subscription! With a Teacher Hub Essentials account, you’ll have access to everything from your Starter account, PLUS:

• on-demand Writing Courses for narrative, persuasive and informative writing
• over 600 top-notch resources to use in your classroom
• our Classroom Planner, to make organising your writing lessons a breeze!

Yes! As long as you attended Workshop One more than 3 months ago, you will receive another 3-month subscription to Teacher Hub.

If you attend Workshop Two within 3 months of attending Workshop One, the system will not give you another 3-month subscription. However, just shoot us an email at [email protected] and we can organise that for you

Once your 3-month subscription has ended, your account will be downgraded from Essentials to a Starter account. You will still have access to over 60 resources, your training history, certificates of completion and digital versions of purchased products. But you will no longer have complete access to the Writing Courses or the Classroom Planner. Simply upgrade to a school or individual Teacher Hub Essentials subscription to re-gain access!

Seven Steps Teacher Hub has three account levels: Starter, Trial and Essentials. Each level unlocks access to an increasing number of features and resources. View our Accounts and Subscription page for more information.

No. The 3-month subscription is an Individual subscription to Teacher Hub Essentials. You are not allowed to share your access or resources with others in your school. However, it’s easy to upgrade to a school subscription! Click here.

No, the 3-month subscription is a subscription to Teacher Hub Essentials which gives you access to every aspect of Teacher Hub. This includes the writing courses, over 600 resources in the Resource Library and the Classroom Planner. A free trial only gives you access to approximately 280 resources.