StyleWriter Canada 2020 Parent Survey

We value your opinion and experience, and now we need your help!

After writing over a dozen workbooks, authoring 10 video course books and 16 online class courses, delivering dozens of live classes and teacher professional development days over the last 20 years, all teaching the skill of writing, we are ready to hear from you, and what you need in these unprecedented times where more people that ever are considering home schooling as a viable option.

We will be developing a series of "beta classes" that will be the foundation for writing courses designed for Canadian students in 2020 and beyond. Please take a moment of check off these easy multiple choice questions that will help us in designing these courses. If your students would like to participate in these "beta courses", please let us know in the comment section at the bottom of this survey.

Thanks again for helping us design the courses that will have the greatest support for you as a parent and a teacher.

Bev and Bryan Rempel, Master Teachers of the Blended Structure and Style Method of Teaching Writing.

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Home Schooling ExperienceNovice. Never Home Schooled  Before
Some Experience. I have home schooled before
Veteran Home Schooler. I have taught  for several or more years
Just Considering Home Schooling
Your Student's  Grade LevelsGrades 3-4
Grades 5-6
Grades 7-9
Grades 10-12
Teaching StyleHands-On Teacher - Learns the subject and teaches it to your students.
Hands-Off Teacher - Prefer to let a tutor or video course do the teaching.
Novice. I'll try anything
Home School StyleClassical Education
Unit Studies Home Schooling
School-at-home
UnSchooling - Students learn on their own
Charlotte Mason method
Teach the Provincial Curriculum
Teach from Teacher Manuals
Prefer DVD/Videos to do the teaching
Digital or Online CoursesNovice. I have never tried online courses/classes
Positive Experience. I've tried online courses and would do them again.
Negative Experience. I've tried online courses and would never do them again
I am flexible and see a role for online courses for my students
I do not want to download. I prefer hard copy texts.
Teaching WritingNovice. I have never taught writing before
Some Experience. Tried writing programs
Experienced Writing Instructor
Writing Programs you have triedEssentials in Writing
Evan Moore Writing
Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW)
Writing Strands
WriteShop
Wordsmith
none
Canadian Content in CurriculumMatters to Me. I prefer Canadian content
Does not matter to me as long as the program works
Prefer content from the U.S.
In choosing an online course, what would be the ideal course length?Six Weeks (short course)
Twelve Weeks (semester)
24 Weeks (Two semesters)
Entire School Year
Length does not matter to me
Please check your most important writing skills you would like to see in an online writing program. Check more than one if you have several priorities.Simply getting started with a reluctant writer
Creative Writing
Narrative Writing
Academic Writing
Research and Report writing
Essay Writing
Grammar/Punctuation
Spelling
Marking WritingI prefer the "red pen" and will correct my student's writing myself
I appreciate checklists and prefer to mark writing based on a supplied checklist
I would prefer to have someone else mark my student's writing.
Students should not be marked and only given encouragement 
Tutor Level Marking of Writing. Would you be willing to pay for an expert to mark your student's assignments for you?Yes, I would like an experienced marker to  check my student's writing.
I don't need a marker
Depends on investment.
Value of an Online Course. What would you be willing to pay for an online video course that effectively taught your students writing at their grade level and above.$49
$99
$199
$299
Beta Courses.  Would you and your student be interested in participating in live online writing classes that will be recorded for other students to access the course in the future. Yes, we would be interested in interested in participating in a "beta course".
No, we have no interest in participating in a beta course.
It all depends. I need more details.
Thank you for taking a few minutes to share your thoughts with us. If there is anything else you would like to add, we would be more than interested. We value your opinions and will take them seriously in designing future writing courses for Canadian home school students.Here's a place for yours to share your thoughts on home schooling in general and teaching writing in particular. Thanks again.
Any Message you may have for us.