formerly known as our "Training of Trainers" workshop

This workshop will weave between grammar, writing and reading across the curriculum, using materials Gretchen has authored and adapted from STAAR released tests and live student STAAR essays.

Participants will receive:

• Grammar Keepers
• Text Structures and Fables
• Text Structures from Fairy Tales
• Text Structures from Poetry
• Text Structures from the Masters
• plus many free resources, including TEKS alignment documents

Dates: July 7-10, 2025

Time: 8:00 am - 2:30 pm

Location: New Braunfels Civic Convention Center, 375 S. Castell Ave., New Braunfels, TX 78310

Who is it for?

This four-day session would benefit anyone who works in staff development with other teachers OR teachers who would like to receive a more thorough training in the work of Gretchen Bernabei. It will focus on kid-centered, healthy, authentic strategies, while containing serious STAAR preparation.

For every grade of writing, 3-12.

Is this the same as Gretchen's previous workshops?

Same practices, updated application. This four-day intensive workshop will include strategies from previous workshops, but extended and explored for practical implementation. Participants will explore the many ways to use text structures and kernel essays throughout the year, besides the "STAAR essay," incorporating them into other content area writing and responding to reading. Also, we'll explore the role of classroom management and instructional delivery, with ways to improve both.

Will this address the new STAAR Test?

Yes. Teachers will learn a simple process to help students answer the new short-answer questions to reading passages.

For the Extended Constructed Response, we'll explore the practical reader rubric, along with strategies for answering any prompt and expanding into a high-scoring essay.

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What people are saying:

I plan to take this information back to school and use it with my students. I’m going to change a bit of my classroom structure to accommodate these strategies that are fun and innovative and engaging! ~Ginger

Thank you for bringing calm, loving, positive remarks that reminds us to mirror in our classrooms. ~Martha

As always, I leave your conference/workshop skipping, dancing and smiling ear to ear! Your attention to teachers’ worries, concerns, joy and love for writing shine through every time. ~Stacy

I love that you gave us a way to help connect reading response to the new STAAR. I plan to use a lot of the information and structures in my writing class to assist the social studies, reading, math, and science teachers in preparing students for the written part of their exams. ~Valerie

This is my first year as a 4^th grade self-contained teacher, and I am very overwhelmed. This training was a breath of fresh air. ~Cassy

You have provided me with a wealth of tools, strategies, and resources that I will carry with me as I continue developing as a new teacher. ~Kayla

The past two days helped ignite the flame that one burned years ago for the writer in me. The workshop has been such a cathartic experience, and I didn’t know I needed it. I cannot thank you enough. ~Rebecca

I also want to say thank you for giving me hope. Teaching has not been the easiest for me this year. Yet after today, I have a new found sense of hope and courage. ~Megan

You’ve given me a treasure trove of ideas to help me inspire my students to write and communicate effectively. ~Liz

I have read a few writing books and also watched some YouTube videos on writing. I have also attended writing workshops in the past, but never have I been so engaged and filled with knowledge like I have been in this training. ~Juliet