Allen Koshewa and Elly Tobin
established the International Writing Project (IWP) over 25 years
ago and have collaboratively taught Writers’ Workshop
courses since 1992.
Allen
Koshewa is a specialist in elementary education and
also has extensive K-12 experience. Allen has taught and lectured
in public schools and universities in the U.S. as well as in
international schools in the UK, Japan, Panamá, and
China.
He is an experienced workshop
presenter and has written several articles for international
magazines. He is the author of Discipline and
Democracy. He has also authored a chapter in
Reclaiming Writing (Routledge, 2014).
Allen has a PhD in linguistics
and anthropology.
Elly
Tobin is currently the Director of the College for
International Citizenship and works as an international consultant
in the areas of leadership, global studies, curiculum development
and EAL. She has worked in the UK, Germany, Malaysia, and Japan in
various capacities as a teacher, director and administrator. She
also writes for the International Teacher Magazine (ITM) and has
published two children's books.
Elly was awarded an OBE for her
services to education and young people and she has an honorary
doctorate from Aston University, UK.
For more information, please
contact us at info@iwp.co.com
Your facilitators Allen
Koshewa and Elly Tobin.
“I have
to say that before this course I hated writing; now I love it. I
want my students to achieve the same.” – Nohelia
M