Education Northwest has refined and updated the 6+1 Trait Writing rubrics that that specify how to assess the quality of student writing and tailor instruction to students’ needs.
6+1 Trait® Writing
Upcoming Institutes
6+1 Trait Writing Leadership Institute
6+1 Trait Writing: Improving Student Writing for All Learners
Services
Coaching
Our most experienced facilitators provide direct classroom modeling, observations, and other coaching and support to guarantee the highest level of 6+1 Trait Writing implementation throughout a building or district. These coaching and modeling services provide on-the-ground teaching experiences for staff and can be instrumental in ensuring deep and thoughtful use of the model. With this support, we can also help you integrate existing curricula and approaches with 6+1 Trait Writing.
Workshops
Want to train your team on the traits? We can provide on-site, customized professional development for teachers at all levels of experience with the traits. All our workshops can be delivered across grade levels and customized for classroom, special education, and English language teachers; literacy coaches and trainers; curriculum specialists; and school and district administrators.
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Scoring
Rating student papers is an essential job that requires both time and expertise in the traits. Education Northwest’s paper-scoring service allows your teachers to focus on instruction without getting buried in paperwork. Our expert raters are available to score batches of student papers for your school using the 6+1 Trait Writing model. These scored samples can be used for assessment and as a tool to increase teachers’ and students’ understanding of the traits.
Scoring
Improving Student Writing for Diverse Learners
Resources
6+1 Trait® Research
Writing skills are important for an increasing number of jobs. Poor writing skills are a barrier to hiring and promotion for many individuals, and remediation of problems with writing imposes significant operational and training costs on public and private organizations. Writing is also important for the development of reading skills and can improve learning in other academic content areas. In response to the perceived neglect of writing in United States education, the National Commission on Writing proposed a set of recommendations for making writing a central element in school reform efforts.
6+1 Traits Institutes
Jacqueline Raphael
Practice Expert
Jacqueline manages the 6+1 Trait® Writing program at Education Northwest and serves as a lead on several school and district improvement projects. Writing is very much a part of her life outside of work, too: She spends her spare time writing fiction and poetry.
