What: Three-session workshop for classroom teachers and administrators grades K-12
Where: Online
When: August 4, 5, and 6, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM ‒ 2:30 PM CT
Presenter and Facilitator: Jeff Nease, Implementation Coach
The three-session workshop will be offered on August 4, 5, and 6 from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM CT. Implementation Coach Jeff Nease will guide participants through the Teaching Writing: Structure and Style® (TWSS) writing methods seminar and facilitate the related practicum assignments. During the presentation participants can ask questions using the chat feature, and IEW Educational Consultants will answer in real time.
Who should attend the Virtual Teaching Writing: Structure and Style workshop?
- schools without a budget for live professional development
- schools that are already implementing Structure and Style in a few classrooms or school-wide but have new teachers to train
- schools of any size that would like to pilot Structure and Style with a few teachers or grade levels
- individual teachers and administrators who are interested in learning the Structure and Style method before introducing it to their schools
- hybrid schools
- Exceptional Student Education (ESE) and English Language Learner (ELL) specialists
- curriculum coordinators and instructional coaches
What is the cost to register?
The early registration price is $399 per participant. After July 7 the price will increase to $499.
The deadline for registration is July 21, 2026, at 11:59 PM CT.
What materials are included with the registration?
Each participant will receive the Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®, Third Edition Forever Streaming Seminar with free standard domestic shipping to their home. These materials include the Seminar Workbook, a copy of Strengthening Structure: Models for Teaching IEW Structural Units, a Portable Walls™ for Structure and Style® Students, and an activation card for streaming access to the TWSS3 videos and one year of IEW’s Premium Membership. After the seminar, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion and a $75 coupon code to apply toward the IEW Accreditation Program.
What are practicum assignments, and why are they important?
The best way to master the Structure and Style method is to practice it. During both live workshop and video seminar presentations, participants are asked to complete practicum assignments—one or more exercises for each unit, intentionally designed to help participants better understand the writing process before they teach it to their students. Some assignments are done together during the workshop while others are started in the workshop and finished independently once the workshop is over.
The practicum assignments are intended to give participants a greater appreciation of and empathy for what their students will experience as they learn the methodology. This improves classroom instruction tremendously and helps avoid the danger of introducing the stylistic techniques too quickly. We have observed that when teachers work through each structural model themselves, they understand how each unit functions and are much better prepared to model the process clearly and effectively to their own students.
Additionally, completing the practicum assignments contributes significantly to teaching the process with fidelity, furnishes firsthand experience in the progression of the stylistic techniques, and provides a deeper understanding of the big picture of the Structure and Style method. For these reasons, Jeff Nease and our Educational Consultants will focus on providing more time and support during the workshop for the completion of the practicum assignments. As more workshop details become available, we will share them in our Schools Department newsletters and on the Virtual Teaching Writing: Structure and Style workshop page on our website.
Learning to teach writing effectively is one of the most powerful investments a school can make in its teachers. Need more convincing? When Helen, a charter school administrator, was asked to describe what she saw in IEW’s methodology that would help her meet her goals for the language arts program at her school, this was her response:
Our overall goal is to teach students how to be clear, effective, and eloquent communicators. Our teachers have reported how practical and focused the curriculum is. Writing is not an easy subject to teach well, but IEW provides simple and easy-to-use strategies that support the teacher in her instruction. Before students realize it, they are writing!
Please visit IEW.com/Schools/vtwss for more information or to register for the virtual workshop.
To speak with an Educational Consultant (EC) about the workshop, the materials, or piloting Structure and Style in your classroom or school, call 800.856.5815, and we will connect you with someone in our Schools Department. If you are already working with one of our ECs, feel free to contact him or her directly.
