Welcome to Writing Matters! Alaska State Writing Consortium's Virtual Institute

The Goals of ASWC are reflected in our 9 Week Course.

ASWC goals have been and continue to be the following:

• To promote the writing workshop approach to teaching writing.
• To help teachers prepare their students for the Alaska High School Qualifying Exam and the Standards-Based Assessments.
• To provide teacher training for Writing Across the Curriculum.
• To integrate the Writing Process and the Six Traits of Writing K-12 in all subject areas.
• To assist teachers in understanding and applying the Alaska Grade Level Expectations (GLE’s).
• To offer training in developing writing workshops at both the primary and secondary levels.