EssayQuest license holders
(individuals or staff of organizational licensees)
If you don’t have a licence
and want to learn cutting-edge tools, techniques, and strategies, this course is for you as well!
A five-session program for counselors, consultants, and teachers using EssayQuest with their students
And, for anyone supporting teens with college essays, no matter what process they use.
Wednesday, April 24
Wednesday, May 1
Thursday, May 16
Thursday, June 20
Thursday, July 11
4:30–6:15 PT / 7:30–9:15 ET
We’ll record and share all sessions
Sessions 1–3: The Process Start-to-Finish (April and May)
Over the first three sessions, we’ll take a hands-on approach, exploring the inner workings of the process, from introducing students to the basics of college essays to finishing the final draft. We’ll do key activities in the sessions and you’ll have the opportunity to write your own college essay using EssayQuest between the sessions.
By the end of the third session, you’ll be confident in how to use EssayQuest and will have practical tools and techniques to support and manage your students.
Session 4: Feedback and Editing (June)
In this session, we’ll focus on how to move students powerfully through the Writer phase, where they focus on tone and language. You’ll learn to give structured feedback easily, pointing students to specific activities to help them act on your comments. Whether you’re low-touch or high-touch with students, you’ll be able to adapt the tools and techniques to work for you.
Session 5: Supplementals Essays (July)
In the final session, we’ll focus on streamlining and simplifying your supplemental essay process, turning students into self-directed supplemental essay writing machines. You’ll also learn how to use our Supplemental Essay Strategy Board to sort and manage your students’ essays quickly and efficiently (you’ll be stunned at how cool it is!).
As we go through the five sessions, we’ll explore the underlying design principles in EssayQuest, based on our research and practical study of:
- Neuroscience and Cognitive Learning Theory
- Process and Instructional Design
- Communication and Narrative Paradigm Theories
This will help you learn and master EssayQuest.
In this course, you’ll learn how to:
Align
EssayQuest with your program, students, and personal style
Guide
students through EssayQuest powerfully and smoothly
Provide
quick, easy, and actionable feedback
Adapt
to different learning styles, language barriers, or cognitive challenges
Communicate
clearly, and efficiently with students and parents
Manage
all aspects of your program with replicable systems and templates
You got questions? We got answers!
Do I have to be at all of the sessions, or can I watch recordings?
We know not everyone will be able to join all session, so we’ll record them for you. If you can make it, you’ll have the chance to ask questions, engage with us, and get some coaching,
How much time will activities between sessions take?
Figure 1–2 hours between each session.
If you’re like our students, you may enjoy the process so much you put even more time into it!
Will the course still be valuable if I don't do the activities between sessions?
Absolutely! But we bet you’ll want to do the work once you see how fun it can be.
Can I share material from the course with students and parents?
We have tons of free resources you can share. To use the full EssayQuest program, you will need a license for each student.
I've been using EssayQuest for a while now. Is this for me?
Yup! This will bring you to a whole new level!
I'm new to EssayQuest. Is this for me?
Yup! This will get you started strong!
Barak Rosenbloom is the founder of Essay Mentors, a Seattle-area company focused exclusively on college essays. He’s mentored over 500 students in a comprehensive 1-to-1 program, delivered workshops to thousands of students, parents, counselors, and admissions officers, and trained schools and nonprofits to support their students more effectively.
For the past decade, he’s led the development of EssayQuest, an interactive system that streamlines the process for IECs, teachers, schools, and nonprofits, while making the essay-writing process easier and intuitive for students. He’s sometimes accused of being a little geeky, hanging out with PhD neuroscientists; global leaders in complex systems and organizational design; and master storytellers and communicators. He brings thirty years of intellectual exploration and practical experience to his work.
In each phase of his career, Barak has focused on creating unique, playful and effective programs to expand what’s possible for organizations and people. His work has been used in hundreds of organizations and has touched hundreds of thousands of lives.
He studied English and History at Williams College and has a Masters of Public Policy degree from the University of Michigan. For many years, Barak provided organizational consulting services to leaders, nonprofits, and businesses nationwide through his own consulting work and at the US Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration. (He thought running a teen leadership program at his local ski school was a lot more fun, though!)
Barak Rosenbloom is the founder of Essay Mentors, a Seattle-area company focused exclusively on college essays. He’s mentored over 500 students in a comprehensive 1-to-1 program, delivered workshops to thousands of students, parents, counselors, and admissions officers, and trained schools and nonprofits to support their students more effectively.
For the past decade, he’s led the development of EssayQuest, an interactive system that streamlines the process for IECs, teachers, schools, and nonprofits, while making the essay-writing process easier and intuitive for students. He’s sometimes accused of being a little geeky, hanging out with PhD neuroscientists; global leaders in complex systems and organizational design; and master storytellers and communicators. He brings thirty years of intellectual exploration and practical experience to his work.
In each phase of his career, Barak has focused on creating unique, playful and effective programs to expand what’s possible for organizations and people. His work has been used in hundreds of organizations and has touched hundreds of thousands of lives.
He studied English and History at Williams College and has a Masters of Public Policy degree from the University of Michigan. For many years, Barak provided organizational consulting services to leaders, nonprofits, and businesses nationwide through his own consulting work and at the US Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration. (He thought running a teen leadership program at his local ski school was a lot more fun, though!)