WriterCoaches Give Guidance, Gain Understanding
Volunteers find that coaching students in writing is a way not only to help but also to get to know school and students.
Virginia Lim of Kensington became a WriterCoach seven years ago as a way to get an inside look at Albany High School as her nephew approached high school age. She found it so rewarding she’s stayed with it, coaching students at King Middle School in Berkeley as well as Albany students. Last year, when her daughter, then a student at Prospect Sierra, announced she wanted to go to El Cerrito for high school, Lim knew just how to get to know the campus and its students. WriterCoach Connection began at Berkeley High School in 2001. The program was piloted in six ninth-grade classes last year at El Cerrito High. The goal this year is to pair up a coach with every ninth grader at the school as well as second-language learners of all grade levels…
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Mary Lee Cole
11:35 am on Wednesday, August 24, 2011
As the founder of WriterCoach Connection and its parent non profit, Community Alliance for Learning, AND as a graduate of El Cerrito High School, I am thrilled that WCC is serving ECHS's students, teachers, and community. And now, onto Portola Junior High, also my old alma mater. The coaching, coaching training, and teacher support are designed to work with best teaching practices, including … more ›