Course 01 · For returning & rising students

College Writing Foundations.

One program. Three doors in.

15 weeks1:1 · cohort · multilingual 1:1Weekly, live
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Returning to school as an adult isn’t a confidence issue — it’s a context issue. Most adult learners haven’t forgotten how to think. What they’ve lost access to is the language of academic writing, the expectations behind assignments, and the confidence to trust their voice in institutional spaces. This program rebuilds the context: how academic writing works, why it works that way, and how to work with it instead of against it.

This is not remedial writing. It is foundational, on purpose — a 15-week arc that mirrors a first-year university composition course while staying flexible, human, and adaptive to adult lives. Every format ends with a portfolio that demonstrates growth and readiness.

Fifteen weeks, six phases.

Wk 1Arrival & DiagnosticIntake review; diagnostic writing sample; confidence mapping; co-created community agreements.
Wk 2–4FoundationsHow writing actually works; the sentence & the paragraph; reading like a writer.
Wk 5–7Structure & ArgumentEntering the conversation; thesis & outline; building the argument.
Wk 8–10Rhetoric & AnalysisThe rhetorical situation; Language Is Power (Baldwin, register & code); analysis workshop.
Wk 11–13ApplicationWorking with sources; synthesis & integration; the final essay, drafted.
Wk 14–15ReflectionRevision as strategy; portfolio & forward motion.

Priced to be reachable.

Cohort seat15 weeks of live sessions + written feedback · 3 × $800 or 5 × $480$2,400
Cohort · sliding scaleReserved seats for BIPOC women returning to school$1,600–2,000
1:1 StandardWeekly instruction + written feedback$4,000
1:1 EnhancedAdds mid-week review + extended feedback$4,600
1:1 Full MentorshipAdds portfolio development + ongoing support$5,200
Multilingual 1:1Same three plans; family-sponsored enrollment supported$4,000–5,200
No interest. No fees. Just structure. Cohorts are intentionally small (4–7) and fill on a rolling basis. Sliding-scale cohort seats are reserved for BIPOC women returning to school — self-selected, no proof required.

Begin with a conversation.

Every enrollment begins with a short intake exchange — your history with writing, how you learn best, what access needs we should design for. There are no right answers. It exists so the course meets you, not the reverse.

This starts a conversation, not a charge. Every enrollment begins with a short intake exchange; sliding-scale tiers are self-selected — no proof, no justification, ever. We won’t send you spam.

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