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                                        Writing is a crucial 21st Century Learning Skill for students, essential for success in college and the workplace. WriterCoach Connection helps build that skill by working with students, one on one, in class, on their English writing assignments. Our writer coaches are all trained community volunteers and each provides a direct line to a student: one mind, and one heart, to another.  Partnering with secondary-school English teachers, we mobilize community members to connect with their public schools.
                                        One-on-one coaching powerfully impacts students. Learn how we do it, volunteer to be a coach, and donate to support WriterCoach Connection.

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                                        Give a gift from the heart!

                                        Here comes Valentine's Day! Fan the flames of love by donating to WCC on behalf of that special person.
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                                        Volunteer Today

                                        Yes, you can be a writer coach. Register for training so you can start coaching this spring, including at our new sites: Oakland School for the Arts and Portola Middle School in El Cerrito!
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                                        Photo by Betty Buginas.

                                        Covering WCC in West County

                                        Read how WCC has impacted an El Cerrito High student and his parents in this El Cerrito Patch article about the expanded role of writer coaching in West Contra Costa County.
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                                        Video: Why WCC Works

                                        Learn how students and teachers respond to WCC's writer coaching in this short video produced by students at Media Academy High School in Oakland.
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                                        "WriterCoach Connection has proven to be highly effective in generating increased writing achievement in Oakland classrooms.
                                        More Oakland schools are requesting WriterCoach Connection as word gets out about the results it produces.
                                        We need this program, and these volunteers, now more than ever."

                                        —Tony Smith, Superintendent, Oakland Unified School District

                                        WriterCoach Connection is a program of Community Alliance for Learning, a (501)(c)(3) nonprofit organization.