Inspiring Great Writing
Imagine a vibrant writing classroom where every student is engaged and contributing ideas. When they write, there is no hesitation or resistance. They share their work with excitement.
That’s what a Seven Steps classroom looks like.
Inspiring Great Writing
Imagine a vibrant writing classroom where every student is engaged and contributing ideas. When they write, there is no hesitation or resistance. They share their work with excitement.
That’s what a Seven Steps classroom looks like.
Teach passionately, inspire confidence
Learn how to break down writing into Seven simple Steps. Then lead powerful writing lessons that can be taught in less than 20 minutes a day. You’ll inspire confidence and energy in your students!
Be Confident, Teach Passionately
Learn how to break writing down into seven simple steps that can be taught in less than 20 minutes. Inspire confidence and energy in your students.
“Seven Steps makes sense! It is easy to implement into the classroom… fun, practical activities. It is rewarding to see children SO engaged in their writing.”
– Tracey Chirio, All Saints Anglican
“Seven Steps makes sense! It is easy to implement into the classroom… fun, practical activities. It is rewarding to see children SO engaged in their writing.” – Tracey Chirio, All Saints Anglican.
The Seven Steps Workshop
Improved Results
Analyse what NAPLAN is looking for and how to dramatically improve students’ writing results.
Start the Next Day
Learn the theory and try the activities so you can start immediately.
Effective Pedagogy
Promotes modern teaching practices such as collaboration, verbalisation and multimodal literacy.
Ongoing Support
A suite of additional print and digital resources available to support you in the classroom.
Curriculum Aligned
Activities are aligned to the Australian Curriculum and cover multiple text types across all ability levels.
Two Ways To Learn
Choose your perfect path for learning the Seven Steps – face-to-face or online!
Both offer you live, interactive and high-quality professional development with our experienced and friendly presenters. Here are each of their unique benefits:
Face-to-Face Workshop
What you learn
Learn the overall theory and approach of each of the Seven Steps and powerful secrets for teaching great writing.
Delivery
Focus on your own learning and development with a full day out of the classroom! Enjoy the benefits of face-to-face learning in a variety of locations across Australia.
Activity Modelling
Learn it just like your students will. In this interactive session, you’ll break into groups to brainstorm, plan and write. Experience the benefits of collaborative writing, and how to teach writing this way.
Classroom Resources
Take home over 30 Action Activities and over 50 writing topics in your Workshop Workbook, so you can get started the very next day.
Engagement and interaction
Network with fellow teachers – connect with like-minded educators over a delicious morning tea and lunch.
Q&A
Ask questions to our experienced presenters face-to-face throughout the day.
Online Workshop
What you learn
Learn the overall theory and approach of each of the Seven Steps and powerful secrets for teaching great writing.
Delivery
Fit your professional development into your schedule, just 1 hour 45 minutes at a time over three Zoom sessions! After school, evening and school holiday sessions available.
Activity Modelling
Learn it just like your students will, but in an online setting! Virtual breakout rooms allow you to participate in activities – allowing you to experience it just like your students would.
Classroom Resources
3-month full subscription to Seven Steps Online, plus pre- and post-Session PDFs packed full of activities and templates.
Engagement and interaction
Chat with fellow educators, ask questions and engage with fellow participants in interactive activities.
Q&A
Ask your burning questions to your host during the Q&A segment after each online Session.
One of the best and most useful PD’s I have done in 30 years of teaching.”
– Karen Webb, Wattleview Primary School
NEW!
Online Workshops
We’re excited to announce we’ve turned our much-loved Seven Steps Workshop into a dynamic Online Workshop that you can attend in your PJs!
Learn the theory to transform student writing, take home activities you can use with your students the very next day plus gain access to Seven Steps Online, to help introduce and master every Step.
Designed to fit your busy schedule
We just can’t ask you to stare at a screen for six hours. So we’ve broken up our one-day Workshop into three manageable, 1 hour and 45-minute sessions to be attended across three sessions – you choose the dates that suit you!
Engaging and interactive
Just like our face-to-face Workshops, these brand-new Online Workshops are fun, interactive and full of content and activities you can use with your students the very next day.
Gain access to Seven Steps Online
Gain full access to the ultimate support tool for teachers for 3 months. You’ll join over 16,000 educators who are using it to help transform their writing classrooms!
With over 200 writing resources, you’ll be equipped with all the activities and tools you need to introduce the Seven Steps. Find out more about Seven Steps Online.
Looking to train your whole school?
Learn the Seven Steps as a team and create an environment for year-on-year improvement for every student in every year level.
The Inspiring Writing Workshop
Improved Results
Analyse what NAPLAN is looking for and how to dramatically improve students’ writing results.
Start the Next Day
Learn the theory and try the activities so you can start immediately.
Effective Pedagogy
Promotes modern teaching practices such as collaboration, verbalisation and multimodal literacy.
Ongoing Support
A suite of additional print and digital resources available to support you in the classroom.
Curriculum Aligned
Activities are aligned to the Australian Curriculum and cover multiple text types across all ability levels.
Do you want to have one of the best PL writing experiences ever?”
Tiffany, Teacher, WA
2020 Workshop Update: Face-to-face Workshops have been postponed until further notice. We acknowledge the COVID-19 situation is rapidly changing and will provide updates as soon as possible. More Details >>
Face-to-Face Workshops
Join the over 33,500 teachers who have attended the powerful and fun Seven Steps Workshop. Have fun being a student for the day, taking part in loads of Action Activities that you can run with your class the very next day. Practical, interactive and gets results!
Hear From Real Teachers
Have fun being a student for the day, take part in loads of Action Activities that you can run with your class the very next day. Over 90% participants rate this interactive workshop 9 or 10 out of 10.
“One of the best and most useful PD’s I have done in 30 years of teaching.” – Karen Webb, Wattleview Primary School.
Courses near you
We hold teacher workshops across Australia, and are adding new locations all the time! If you don’t see one close to you, we can come to you! One of our dynamic and expert presenters can train your whole school. Find out more.
Workshops in NSW are NESA accredited.
Courses Near You
We hold teacher workshops across Australia, and are adding new locations all the time! If you don’t see one close to you, we can come to you! One of our dynamic and expert presenters can train your whole school. Find out more.
Exclusive Workbook
With over 30 Action Activities explored throughout the day, the Seven Steps Workbook enables you to be confident in taking all of them back to your classroom!
Hear from real teachers
Have fun being a student for the day, take part in loads of Action Activities that you can run with your class the very next day. Over 90% of participants rate this interactive workshop 9 or 10 out of 10.
I feel like the next 5 weeks of term are planned for in writing.”
– Ellie Beers, St Francis of Assisi
“I feel like the next 5 weeks of term are planned for in writing.” – Ellie Beers, St Francis of Assisi.
Exclusive Workbook
With over 25 Action Activities explored throughout the day, the Seven Steps Workbook enables you to be confident in taking all of them back to your classroom!
