We build writing teachers. They create a culture of writing.
YAWP! is a professional development program that gives teachers the curriculum, training, and a dedicated mentor to teach writing brilliantly — while an AI tutor guides students through the process and never writes for them. The result: expert writing teachers, and the best essays your students have ever written.
Three parts working together — with a real person in every teacher's corner.
We develop master writing teachers
Every teacher is paired with a dedicated mentor who walks them through our proven curriculum, coaches them through their first essay cycle, and supports them until they're confident and independent. Not a login and a help center — real PD with a real person beside you.
A process that works
Students learn a critical-thinking and writing process they can use across every subject — to write original, thesis-driven essays that stand up in any high school or college classroom.
Guides, never writes
The YAWP! Tutor is trained in our curriculum and gives students immediate, personal feedback without doing the work for them. It reinforces the teacher's lesson, protects integrity, and saves everyone time.
Together, they build a culture of writing — where students and teachers minimize the grind and rediscover the joy of writing.
Build lasting capacity — not a subscription that ends.
Certified YAWP! Teacher
After completing their first semester with full mentoring, teachers earn Certified status — running the program independently and unlocking expanded platform features.
Lead YAWP! Teacher
Certified teachers train to mentor new YAWP! teachers in their building, co-lead PD, and become the writing point person for their department.
Champion YAWP! Teacher
Leads become Champions — presenting at conferences, leading district trainings, and contributing to curriculum. Champions receive branded materials, coaching, and a stipend.
In three years, you'll have writing-instruction leaders in your building who can sustain and scale strong writing instruction independently.
YAWP! Tutor vs. ChatGPT
| ChatGPT | YAWP! Tutor | |
|---|---|---|
| Writes essays for students | ✓ | ✗ |
| Guides students through the writing process | ✗ | ✓ |
| Trained in proven writing curriculum | ✗ | ✓ |
| Immediate feedback without doing the work | ✗ | ✓ |
| Maintains academic integrity | ✗ | ✓ |
| Saves teachers time on feedback | ✗ | ✓ |
Built to fit your curriculum, your scale, and your budget.
Coherence, not another add-on
YAWP! maps onto the curriculum and units you already teach — strengthening writing across the disciplines instead of competing for space.
Built to scale
Start with a grade, a department, or one teacher in every building, with a clear runway to expand. Designed for real implementation, not a pilot that stalls.
Funded through budgets you have
Teacher licensing maps to Title II (PD); student licensing maps to Title I and Title IV (instructional tools/technology).
The writing problem every school is facing.
Students can generate an essay in seconds — and skip the thinking that essay was supposed to build. Teachers want to guide real writing, but between class sizes and workloads, there's no time to give every student meaningful feedback. YAWP! solves both: students do the thinking, teachers get their time back, and writing becomes something everyone actually wants to do.
Turn your students into published writers.
We elevate student voices through online publishing — digital showcases of the real work happening in your school. (Print anthologies available on request.)
Something Better
Essays about problems in our communities — Montgomery Public Schools, AL
These Things Matter
What students care about in 2024 — Jefferson County, AL
Brightly Burning
35 essays on problems in education today — Birmingham City Schools
Where We Stand
What students stand for — 7th graders, i3 Academy, Birmingham
Teachers and students, in their words.
"YAWP! is a game-changer. My students and I actually look forward to the writing process now."
"The YAWP! Tutor was like my own T.A. — it saved me so much time and let me give my students the personal attention they needed."
"I've never felt more proud of an essay in my life."
"It was nice to get feedback right away. I felt like I was learning to be a better writer as I was writing."
Tired of EdTech that collects dust?
YAWP! wasn't created in Silicon Valley — it was made by teachers solving real problems. Teachers love teaching with it. Students love learning with it. Schools see measurable results.
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