Professional development is available at the district level for writing leader . Professional development is available for all portfolio accountable teachers . Professional development in available in writing for all teachers . Professional development is available that is specific to writing in the content areas . Teachers are trained for and participate in portfolio scoring .
Teachers have access to ongoing mentoring and other informal professional development .
The school faculty work together in professional development targeted to identified schools needs . Teachers write for pleasure or for real world purposes outside the classroom . Student understanding Students' are confident that they can eventually reach proficiency . Students speak of themselves as writers, not just as completers of writing assignments . Students are able to compare their current writing cogently with writing done earlier, even in previous years .