BAI is seeking Writing Coaches for summer 2025!

BAI is seeking Writing Coaches for summer 2025! These coaches work collaboratively to build and facilitate a curriculum that includes in-class writer’s workshops crafted to develop three pieces: a personal essay connected to the arts (TBD by Writing Coaches), an artist statement, and a completed draft of their college essay. Workshops will help to build interns’ writing stamina, guide them in determining the kinds of writers they are, support them in writing with their authentic voices, and help them understand the value of revision and persistence.

Writing Coaches will each have 6-8 interns in their small group and will provide feedback in those small groups, as well as written feedback through Google Docs. They will share interns’ drafts with our outside evaluators as a way to evaluate and improve the program. Weekly blog posts will create a routine that allows the students to develop writing skills in a safe and imaginative environment.

“This is not just another summer job; this is hard work to effect change, to support rising seniors, to grow in our understanding and practices of social justice. We teach writing to empower each human to effect change in communities, local to global. That is a monumental responsibility; Writing Coaches who want to do this all summer need to take that very seriously. It's not just a summer job; it's an invitation to change lives, ourselves included.”

Rus VanWestervelt, BAI Writing Coach