On-Demand
College Application Essay Writing Workshop Packages For Schools and Nonprofit Organizations

The college application essay is more important than ever. Yet, as I know from my own years teaching high school, teachers and counselors schools are already overburdened by doing what has to be done to meet curricular and community expectations.

There is often little room in a 12th grade curriculum (even less for AP, IB, or AICE) for a unit on writing personal narrative essays; for teachers who do try, class sizes make giving feedback during the drafting process extremely difficult.
Outside of class, my colleagues, particularly in English, were overwhelmed by students asking for help with their essays during lunch and after school.
My friends in college counseling were similarly working nonstop to help students and families navigate the entire application process, including filling out FAFSA, while also writing letters of recommendation for each student on their lengthy roster.

Nonprofit educational organizations have stepped up by offering workshops or calling upon adult mentors who work with students. However, many mentors wish they had more training in writing college application essays so they could better serve their mentees.

Having taught high school, I know that my on-demand college application essay writing workshop can carry some of the instructional load that often falls on overburdened teachers and counselors. For nonprofit organizations, I can support your adult mentors as they work with students participating in the on-demand course. Please scroll down for further details about how the workshop can support teachers, counselors, schools, and nonprofit organizations. To learn about additional services I offer, such as live workshops, please click here.

How My Workshop Can Help

Classroom Teachers

As a former high school teacher and now professor, I know it is hard to ask students to use someone else's curriculum. If your school is willing to purchase student access, I can partner with you by meeting over Zoom to walk you through the course, send a teacher's guide for each module, and brainstorm customized classroom integration activities with you. In return, you can feel confident students are receiving quality instruction while still allowing you to be involved with students as they progress through the course.

College Counselors

Depending on your student roster, school resources, and other demands on your time, you may find there are not enough hours in the day to provide support for every student who needs help understanding the role of the essay in their application, brainstorming topics, and drafting and revising (and revising, and revising) until they have a solid essay. By partnering with me, your students can receive the step-by-step guidance in how to write their essays, leaving you with more time to check in on their progress and focus on other aspects of their application process.

Schools or Districts

Schools or districts with remaining CARES/ESSER funds may be able to use those to register college-bound seniors in the On-Demand College Application Essay Writing Workshop. Students with strong college application essays may receive merit-based scholarships to help defray college costs, so this course can help improve college acceptance and matriculation rates for the school or district. Additionally, it can help mitigate teacher and counselor burnout by providing their students with this much-needed support while not adding to their workload.

Nonprofit Organizations

Over the past decade, I have partnered with numerous education-focused philanthropic and nonprofit organizations, including The Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation, Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties, Unidos Now, Links2Success, and the Education Foundation of Sarasota County, to help support their students and/or mentors through the college application essay writing process. Organizations can sponsor access for students, and I can provide additional support and professional development for the adult mentors who may also be working with students as they progress through the course.