Course Catalog for Teachers & Instructional Coaches
Finally. A Clear Way to Teach Writing.
Self-paced, online courses that give you the strategies, materials, and confidence to coach and teach writing explicitly starting now.
Online | Self-paced
You Know Your Students Need to Write Better. Here's How to Teach Them.
Most instructional coaches and teachers weren’t given a clear framework for teaching writing. SRSD Online changes that. Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) gives you an explicit, evidence-based approach so your students learn how to plan, organize, draft, revise, and gradually take ownership of the process themselves.
For Teachers
Choose the Course That Fits Your Classroom.
Each Writing to Learn™ course gives you the foundations of SRSD through clear lesson support, classroom-ready materials, and strategies your students can use right away.
Writing to Learn™ for Early Learners
For Kindergarten and first-grade teachers helping early learners move from oral language, drawing, and labeling into more purposeful writing. Builds confidence, motivation, and independence across all genres.
View K-1 Course
Writing to Learn™ for Elementary Students
For Grade 2-5 teachers who want students to plan, organize, draft, revise, and explain their thinking across genres. Teaches writing through explicit strategies, modeling, guided practice, and self-regulation for opinion, informative, and narrative genres.
View 2-5 Course
Writing to Learn™ for Middle & High School Students
For secondary teachers who need a practical way to help older students write across subjects and genres. Watch students take ownership of planning, drafting, revising, and evaluating their work.
View 6-12 CourseEverything You Need to Start Teaching Writing Differently
- SRSD Foundations: Learn the six stages of Self-Regulated Strategy Development and how to teach writing strategies alongside self-regulation — including goal setting, self-talk, and reflection — so your students can manage the writing process independently.
- Explicit Lesson Support: Each lesson is broken into clear, teachable steps with aligned materials and guidance. Move directly from course learning to classroom instruction with clear guidance, aligned materials, and practical examples.
- Classroom Modeling Videos: See how SRSD looks in practice — how to model writing, think aloud, and guide students through each part of the process. Not just what to teach, but how to teach it.
- Student-Facing Materials: Ready-to-use classroom resources include strategy charts, graphic organizers, and exemplar texts. Designed to support consistent instruction and reduce your preparation time.
- Self-Assessment and Reflection: Built-in checks help you monitor your understanding and readiness at each stage, so you know where you feel confident and what you might want to revisit.
- Formative Assessment Support: Tools to track student progress across the SRSD stages, helping you identify what students understand, where they need support, and what to teach next.
- Professional Development Certificate: Receive a certificate for 8 hours of PD upon completion.
For Teachers
Add-On Implementation
Advanced Materials to Support K-12 Instruction
Only available with Writing to Learn™ Foundation Courses
The perfect add-on to your SRSD foundations course. The Implementation Toolkit gives you access to specific lesson plans and modeling videos, student-facing PowerPoints, essay and story banks, and more, designed to reduce preparation time and make implementation smoother once you start teaching SRSD.
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“The course materials are amazing and have everything we need for our teachers and coaches to learn and implement. It's incredible.”
- Rebecca Legge, Principal
For Coaches & Literacy Leads
Ready to Lead SRSD Across Your School? Become an SRSD Instructional Coach
A practice-based, train-the-trainer course that prepares instructional coaches, literacy leads, teacher leaders, and administrators to guide high-quality SRSD implementation across classrooms.
Instructional Coach Course Includes
- All Three Writing to Learn™ Courses: Coaches receive the K-1, 2-5, and 6-12 teacher courses.
- Stage-by-Stage Coaching Guidance: Support teachers through each stage of SRSD — with clear expectations for what instruction should look like and how to respond when teachers need help.
- Post-Observation Coaching Conversations: Use structured conversations to guide teacher reflection, discuss implementation fidelity, and establish specific next steps.
- Observation and Feedback Tools: Observation tools and fidelity checklists to identify strengths and gaps in implementation, tied directly to what was taught and what students experienced.
- Professional Learning Facilitation: Use ready-to-follow structures for leading teacher meetings and professional learning sessions that maintain consistent SRSD implementation across classrooms.
Implementation Planning: Tools to plan for rollout, monitor progress, and respond to challenges, supporting consistency throughout the school and over time. - Practice and Expert Feedback: Opportunities to practice key implementation skills for modeling and receive expert feedback, helping you refine how you model, observe, and guide teachers.
- Schoolwide Sustainability: Build shared expectations across classrooms, onboard new staff, and maintain consistent SRSD instruction as implementation expands over time
For Teachers and Coaches
Go Further With Your Implementation
Direct Support from SRSD Experts
Need targeted support for your classroom or school? These one-hour Zoom sessions provide focused, one-on-one or small group guidance on lesson planning, modeling, student work, and implementation challenges. Work directly with an SRSD expert to think through next steps, refine your instruction, and address specific questions tied to your context.
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“The course materials are amazing and have everything we need for our teachers and coaches to learn and implement. It's incredible.”
- Rebecca Legge, Principal
Your Students Are Ready to Write. Let's Get You Ready to Teach Them.
Choose your course and work at your own pace with everything you need to bring structured, explicit writing instruction into your classroom.
