Specialties
Empowering Writers is an educational coaching and publishing firm specializing in the instruction of writing. We offer comprehensive, teacher-friendly workshops that empower educators of children from grades Kindergarten-8 to teach narrative writing, expository (informative) writing, and persuasive writing in new and creative ways. The Empowering Writers' approach is supported by our numerous teacher resources, making implementation easy for teachers. Developed by veteran classroom teachers Barbara Mariconda and Dea Paoletta Auray at the Mill Hill School in Fairfield Connecticut, our techniques, lessons, and methodology grew out of real world experience. Designed and implemented over a five-year period, the program was fine-tuned to bring a consistent, effective approach to the instruction of writing. During this time, Mill Hill's fourth graders made a 45-point increase in their narrative writing scores on the Connecticut Mastery Test and became enthusiastic, confident writers. In