Enjoy teaching writing with confidence
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What if you could create a literacy classroom
full of fun, enthusiasm and learning?
Where students of all abilities can experience success.
Where even the most stubbornly reluctant are excited to write.
Where curiosity, ideas and creativity thrive.
Where students learn to read like a writer and write like a reader.
Let’s face it. Teaching writing can be hard.
Especially when …
Your class needs varying levels of differentiation …
You lack confidence in your own writing abilities …
You’re struggling to engage all students consistently …
There’s pressure to address assessment criteria …
You’re strapped for time in a crowded literacy block.
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed.
Let’s change that. With a simple plan that works.
The Seven Steps program focuses on the most high-impact writing skills and breaks them down into manageable chunks.
It gives you a clear and realistic plan to help you teach those skills.
Best of all? Seven Steps is easy to learn and teach. The learning is flexible and designed to be fun, collaborative and achievable.
As little as 20 minutes a day can have a measurable impact on students’ literacy results.
Get support
Join 1000s of teachers feeling inspired and supported.
Get clarity
A streamlined path to writing growth. (No burnout here!)
Get results
No fluff, just research-based, actionable strategies that work.
What’s inside a Seven Steps membership?
Your membership gives you instant access to Teacher Hub, home of the Seven Steps program.
Book a free demo.
"The Seven Steps resources save our teachers so much time and are exactly what we need. Thanks for making teaching writing so much easier and fun. Yes, fun!"
What’s included?
The Writing Courses
These contain everything you need to learn and implement the Seven Steps. With a course for each text type – narrative, persuasive and informative – these are the key to the literacy classroom of your dreams. Simply follow the implementation plan to roll out the Seven Steps in your classroom.
Here’s what you get in the modules:
- Training videos – on-demand to learn at your own pace
- Teaching resources – carefully sequenced into 2-week blocks
- Assessment resources – to monitor students’ progress.
Read to Write Course
Integrating reading and writing has great benefits for you and your students. This course helps you create explicit links between reading and writing to improve student outcomes and save you time.
Here’s what you get:
- The approach – how to help students read like a writer and write like a reader using the Seven Steps
- Ready-made units – for every year based on authentic mentor texts
- A blank template – to help you create your own tailored units of work
NAPLAN Writing Success
No more stressing about NAPLAN writing. Because this award-winning revision course brings the fun to NAPLAN prep, saves you precious time and empowers students to give NAPLAN markers exactly what they’re looking for. Just follow the revision plans to revise the core skills with your students.
Here’s what you get:
- Training videos – showing you our approach to NAPLAN preparation
- Teacher notes – with reference tables and revision guides
- Resource packs – covering the core structural steps for narrative and persuasive writing.
NAPLAN Writing Success is only included in school memberships (not individual).
Additional features
After completing the writing courses, find 100s of curriculum-aligned resources to help consolidate students’ understanding.
Use the search filters to easily find what you need and save your favourites to use again and again.
Add the resources you love to the Classroom Planner to customise an implementation plan that tailors the program to your students’ specific needs.
Easily download and share the planner with your team or leadership.
Monitor and report on students’ progress using the Track Your Success resources.
Our marking guides and results spreadsheet make it easy to identify common strengths and weaknesses in your students’ writing.
Is Seven Steps right for you?
- Are you a passionate educator who wants to grow your teaching practice alongside your students’ confidence and writing skills?
- Have you tried building a vibrant writing culture but struggled to get traction due to competing student demands?
- Do you want to teach writing the smart way, with simple strategies that get results but don’t increase your workload?
- Are you sick of feeling overwhelmed, unfulfilled and burnt out?
- Would you like to create a space where ideas and creativity flourish?
- Are you ready to try something new but don’t want to do it alone?
- Do you want to create an authentic connection between reading and writing in your classroom?
Subscriptions
Book a conversation. Let’s discuss what you have in mind.
School plans
Seven Steps is a change-agent for teaching writing. I want all students to experience the emotional wellbeing of not feeling threatened by writing tasks but becoming capable and creative writers.
– Dawn Veary, Margaret River PS
Custom solutions
We offer customised packages of training, resources and support for whole schools and networks.
FAQs
How much time does it take to see results?
Seven Steps is a self-paced implementation program, which means you can spend as much or as little time as your schedule allows. However, for best results, we recommend spending the following amount of time on each Step:
- 20–40 minutes per day
- 4 or 5 days a week
- 2 to 4 weeks.
Can I trial it first?
Yes! You can get full access to the Step 2: Sizzling Starts modules by signing up for our free Starter account. It’s a quick and easy way to see the impact Seven Steps has on engagement and writing skills.
Is this for all teachers or just graduates?
Seven Steps works for everyone: teachers who are just starting out, veteran teachers who have seen it all, teachers who prefer maths and science, and teachers who lack confidence in their ability to teach writing.
This sounds great but a new program feels overwhelming.
We know you’ve already got too much on your plate! This isn’t another pool of literacy resources you have to waste hours combing through to find what works. You’re going to follow a simple, actionable, proven plan. So you’ll know exactly what to do (and how to do it). It’s the opposite of overwhelming.
I have a ‘tricky’ class, is this still for me?
The Seven Steps approach makes writing fun and achievable for every student. Teachers are often amazed that it caters to such a diversity of needs, ages and learners, including EAL/D students, gifted, ASD and ADHD students, and even reluctant boys.
I’m a Literacy Leader, can I use this with my team?
Yes! Seven Steps is perfect for any school leader looking to build a vibrant writing culture, boost teacher confidence, increase engagement and improve literacy results. Our implementation action plans make it easy to roll the program out within teams and across whole schools. Introduce each Step by watching the short training video together before teachers roll it out in the classroom using the resources in the modules. Then, allocate time in staff meetings to share student samples and writing data, and reflect on the successes and challenges.
I’m already trained in the Seven Steps, do I need this?
If you want a Step-by-Step implementation guide for rolling out the program in your classroom, along with an almost endless supply of curriculum-aligned resources to keep the learning fresh, PLUS refresher training videos you can replay on demand … then, yes – this is most definitely for you.
Is this a research-based program?
The Seven Steps is based on best-practice pedagogy and supported by years of educational research. The program aligns well with many teaching approaches, including explicit instruction, inquiry learning and the science of learning.
Does Seven Steps align with the curriculum?
Yes, Seven Steps resources are aligned to the Australian Curriculum: English, the NSW English Syllabus and the Victorian Curriculum Version 2.0.