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Who We Are

Meet the YWP Teacher Consultants

Our team consists of educators from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. What we all share is a passion for the power of writing in our lives and in our classrooms.

Our Philosophy

Writing as a community endeavor

Teachers who write, writers who teach

We are professionals who seek out other professionals to create an engaged learning community — bringing our own writing practice into how we teach.

Collaboration through connection

We believe in professional collaboration that starts with human connection and challenges us to find and enact the highest potential in our students and ourselves.

A community endeavor

Teaching isn't an isolated activity in a single classroom — it's work made better through conversation, shared writing, and revision, much like the act of writing itself. Writing forms communities, offers a multiplicity of perspectives, opens doors, and fosters a creative and diverse approach to ideas and cultures.

The Team

YWP Teacher Consultants

AW

Allison Wynhoff-Olsen

YWP Director

KD

Katie Duncan

Fire on the Page Director

TD

Tammy Dalling

YWP Co-Director & Young Writers' Director

KK

Kimberly King

Youth Camp Director

PS

Peter Strand

Professional Development Coordinator

TB

Tracy Babcock

Silent Film Festival Coordinator

WF

Will Fassbender

YWP Director & Podcast Host

JL

Jake Lile

Website Developer

YWP Directors: Allison Wynhoff Olsen, Kirk Branch & Will Fassbender — worth confirming the current director roster before this page goes live.

Want to work with our team?

We'll prepare a proposal and walk you through every step of the process.

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