Unlock Student Writing Potential: Short-Form Writing Strategies for Every Classroom
Ready to empower your students to become confident, skillful writers? Discover the transformative power of short-form writing!
Join Peter Brunn and acclaimed author Kim Culbertson for an insightful webinar exploring how concise writing can cultivate strong, engaged writers in every classroom and across all grade levels.
Based on insights from Kim Culbertson's new book, 100-Word Stories: A Short Form for Expansive Writing, this session will delve into these key questions:
You'll gain practical strategies and hear real-world perspectives from teachers already implementing these techniques. A dedicated Q&A session will follow, allowing you to ask your specific questions.
This webinar is designed for all K–5 educators and literacy leaders who support, organize, or lead writing instruction and are seeking fresh ideas and tools to make it even stronger.
Details
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Time: 1:00 PM Pacific/4:00 PM Eastern (45-minute duration)
Cost: This webinar is complimentary, but you must register in advance to attend.
Recording: Registrants receive an email with the recording 5 business days after the event.
Certificates: Attendance certificates are NOT available for this webinar.
Presenters
Kim Culbertson, Author
Kim holds an M.S. in Education, an MFA in Fiction, and has been teaching high school creative writing and English since 1997. She is the award-winning author of five YA novels. Her titles Catch a Falling Star; The Possibility of Now; and The Wonder of Us were Scholastic book club selections. She won the Northern California Book Award for YA fiction for Instructions for a Broken Heart as well as had The Possibility of Now named a Bank Street Best Book of the Year. Her first novel for adults, Other People's Kids is about (surprise, surprise) teachers. In addition to teaching high school, Kim sits on the Writers Council for National Writing Project and works as a Fiction mentor with Dominican University of California’s MFA in Creative Writing. With 100-Word Stories: A Short Form for Expansive Writing, Kim has finally found a way to blend her two professional loves, teaching and writing, into one book. These small, bright things have transformed her classroom and her own writing—she would love to share their potential with you
Peter Brunn, Vice President, Organizational Learning, Collaborative Classroom
Peter is the vice president of organizational learning at Center for the Collaborative Classroom. Previously at Collaborative Classroom, he was the director of professional development, director of staff development, the assistant director of the Reading Project, and a staff developer. Before coming to Collaborative Classroom, Peter was a staff developer for the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project and worked in New York City public schools helping teachers implement reading and writing workshops in their classrooms. Peter received his master’s degree in curriculum and teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University, and his undergraduate degree in history from Marquette University. Peter is also the author of The Lesson Planning Handbook: Essential Strategies That Inspire Student Thinking and Learning, published by Scholastic.
