01 For teachers

What the
teacher sees.

For the student, Writer’s Evolution is a coach. For you, it’s a teaching assistant. While the coach works one-to-one with every student in the class, the teaching assistant gathers what it learns and brings it to your dashboard: who’s flying, who’s changed direction, and who needs you next. It’s one platform in two roles, giving you a one-to-one view of every writer without having to be in thirty places at once.

Needs you today
3 studentsJD
JN
Joseph N.Draft 1
No new words since Tuesday. Stuck at beat 3, the first clue.
Stalled
TB
Tom B.Draft 2
Asked the coach about dialogue three times this week.
Repeated question
PR
Priya R.Draft 2
Changed who the culprit is and explained why. Worth a conversation.
Changed
21 other students on track
On track
Triage: who needs attention first
02 Triage

Start with who needs you

Each day, the dashboard puts the students who need attention at the top: who has stalled, who keeps asking the same question, and who has changed direction.

Everyone else is summarised in a single line, so your time goes where it’s needed most.

Class patterns · Mystery unit
24 studentsJD
Asked the coach about dialogue14
Explain their clue straight after it11
Stuck at the midpoint beat9
Changed their culprit5
Possible focus for the next lesson: hiding a clue without explaining it. 11 students explain their clue in the sentence that follows it.
Class patterns across one assignment
03 Class patterns

See what the whole class is struggling with

The teaching assistant looks across every student’s work and shows the patterns: the questions most students are asking, the part of the plan where they get stuck, and the habits that keep coming up.

It turns thirty separate drafts into one clear starting point for your next lesson.

Conference brief · Joseph N.
Draft 1JD
His planA stolen medal at the school fair. Five beats, with the first clue at beat 3.
Where he is420 words. Stopped at beat 3 on Tuesday.
What he askedTwo questions about hiding a clue without giving it away.
Going wellA strong opening scene and a clear narrator voice.
Talking points
  • Where could the clue appear before the reader expects it?
  • What does the detective notice that the reader doesn’t?
Conference brief for one student
04 Conference briefs

Walk into every one-to-one prepared

Before you sit down with a student, the teaching assistant gives you a short brief: their plan, where they are now, what they’ve asked the coach, what’s going well, and questions you could ask.

A five-minute conference starts from what the student has actually done, not from a first read of the draft.

Teaching assistant
Class 10BJD
Teaching assistant
Who hasn’t used the coach at all this week?
Three students: Tom B., Lena K. and Omar S. Tom has written steadily without needing help. Lena and Omar have each written under 200 words since Monday, so they may be worth checking on.
Summarise the classWho hasn’t planned?Compare to last week
Asking the teaching assistant
05 Ask anything

Ask about anyone in the class

Ask about one student or the whole class in plain language, and get an answer based on their plans, drafts and coach conversations.

Every answer points back to the work it’s drawn from, so you can check it for yourself.