Workshops
Face-to-face and online sessions available every term! Includes a 3-month Seven Steps membership.
You’ll gain over 650 writing resources to support you as you roll out the Seven Steps in your classroom.
Transform writing school-wide by becoming a Seven Steps school
Give every teacher a clear framework to engage students and improve writing data.
Ensure a proven approach and consistent language are used school-wide.
Students will grow in confidence year after year!
Build a package of training and teaching resources to ignite student passion and inspire great writing.
Workshop One
Workshop One (Online)
Workshop Two
Workshop Two
Beginner Writers
‘Loved the Sizzling Starts, the great planners and the myths around persuasive writing.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 … BANG! My mind exploded with ways to improve student outcomes.’
‘This first session was by far one of the more valuable and engaging webinars and trainings I have had the opportunity to attend. The pace, examples and activities were spot on and so practical.’
‘Great strategies to improve students planning and writing skills.’
‘A wonderful recap of the steps. I now feel confident to put it all together and then mark it for feedback.’
‘Positive, practical, professional program presented that provokes Preps to ponder.’
Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between each type of training you offer?
Seven Steps is with you every step of the way in your teaching journey for writing.
- Workshop One: Seven Steps to Transform Writing: The perfect place to start! You’ll learn the overall theory and approach of each of the Seven Steps and powerful secrets for teaching great writing. This workshop is offered face-to-face around Australia and online. Learn more. Workshop One (face-to-face and online) includes a 3-month Teacher Hub Essentials subscription.
- Workshop Two: Putting It All Together: You’ll learn how to take your students’ writing further, so they can independently write and self-assess whole, rich texts. This workshop is offered face-to-face around Australia and online. Learn more. Workshop Two (face-to-face and online) includes a 3-month Teacher Hub Essentials subscription.
- Applying the Seven Steps with Beginner Writers: After Workshop One, this online session will help lower primary teachers develop core writing skills with your young students. Learn what the techniques look like when applied in lower primary, how to teach students to verbalise ideas and stories, and how they can use the Seven Steps techniques as they begin to write. This workshop is offered online only. Learn more.
In addition to running public sessions of Workshop One and Workshop Two, we can also send our expert presenters to your school as part of our school packages. Learn more.
What's the best way to start with the Seven Steps?
The perfect way to learn the Seven Steps is in our powerful, interactive and fun Workshop One: Seven Steps to Transform Writing. There, you’ll learn all Seven Steps and how to get started back in the classroom the very next day. You’ll have on-demand access to over 600 writing resources with your included 3-month Teacher Hub Essentials subscription. Workshop One is available either as a face-to-face workshop held around Australia, or online through three live and interactive Zoom sessions.
Are your workshops accredited?
Workshop One
- In NSW, Completing Workshop One (Online): Seven Steps to Transform Writing will contribute 6 hours (face-to-face) and 5 hours and 30 minutes (online) of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Delivery and Assessment of NSW Curriculum/EYLF addressing standard descriptors 2.5.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
- In South Australia, Seven Steps is a preferred supplier of literacy and numeracy professional learning services to the South Australian Department for Education.
Workshop Two
- In New South Wales, completing Seven Steps to Writing Success Workshop Two: Putting It All Together (both face-to-face and online) will contribute 6 hours of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Delivery and assessment of NSW Curriculum/Early Years Learning Framework addressing standard descriptors 2.5.2, 5.2.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
- In South Australia, Seven Steps is a preferred supplier of literacy and numeracy professional learning services to the South Australian Department for Education.
Applying the Seven Steps with Beginner Writers
- In South Australia, Seven Steps is a preferred supplier of literacy and numeracy professional learning services to the South Australian Department for Education.
Where are your face-to-face workshops held?
We hold our workshops wherever there is demand! Every term, we travel around to all capital cities, as well as other locations around Australia. Can’t see a Workshop close by? Email us to let us know where you’re based and we might just schedule one soon!
If our face-to-face locations aren’t convenient for you, we now hold online sessions of Workshop One and Workshop Two every term.
Can my school host a workshop?
Yes! It’s a great opportunity for your school to connect with local schools and build a writing community in your area.
If you’re interested, please get in touch to find out more – simply send an email to [email protected] or call us on 03 9521 8439.
How do your online workshops work?
While a whole day of face-to-face learning can be inspiring and invigorating, we feel it’s simply too long to sit in front of a computer. So we’ve broken up our powerful face-to-face workshops into short, live online sessions on Zoom.
As teachers, you know how important it is for your students to be engaged. We feel the same thing about our workshops. So we’ve worked hard to craft our workshops into interactive, fun and effective training sessions.
All you need is a computer to sign into Zoom, plus a microphone and speakers – these are often built in, or you can use headphones that come with a mic. We’ll send you your handout as a PDF.
Note that we do not provide a recording of the session afterwards – we simply feel it’s too important to engage live in the session, so we insist you’re there. However, if for some reason you can’t make it, we’ll be sure to reschedule you for another session.