Vermont Writing Collaborative Inc.

“Expenses website design 1,039 other professional services 570 office supplies 21 software 474 lake morey conference space 55 consulting 25,000 reimbursements 90 meeting meals 118 total 27,367”

“The vermont writing collaborative was founded in 2007 by five vermont public school teachers. At that time, the five had been working, individually and collectively and at all grade levels, with an approach to writing instruction we were developing. We call this approach writing for understanding, and it is premised on the idea that writing is all about meaning. If students are to write effectively, it is clear that 1) they need to have solid understanding of the ideas about which they are writing, 2) they need to have a clear structure to build that understanding so that orthers can follow their thinking. In writing for understanding, teachers "plan backward", with an outcome clearly in mind so that they are able to build in successful opportunities to learn for students - and then to show that understanding in effective writing.”

“Vermont writing collaborative - non-profit narrative 2020 this year, we were unable to offer the in-person conference we had planned for the summer of 2020, due to the pandemic. Most of our work involved writing our new handbook for writing for understanding instruction, k-12. We have completed the manuscript, and are currently working with a graphic designer prior to publication and printing. We hope to have the book ready to market by mid-spring. We have continued to make materials available to people free of charge from our website, including scoring checklists and the new benchmarks, and comprehensive writing rubrics. Our newsletter now reaches over 2,000 people. Financial statement at the end of 2020, the vermont writing collaborative had 42,232.21. The income we generated was from selling books (writing for understanding) via amazon and our website. Our single greatest expense was writing the new handbook.”