Top Score Writing with Lisa Collum
The CEO Teacher Podcast
Kayse Morris
5.0 ā¢ 734 Ratings
šļø 6 May 2020
ā±ļø 30 minutes
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Summary
Are you ready to hear my favorite interview that I've done to date? I had the privilege of interviewing Lisa Collum, creator and CEO of Top Score Writing and let me just say, you do not want to miss this interview. Lisa is a true writing rockstar, but more importantly, she knows how to run a business like a CEO teacher!
15 years ago, Lisa Collum was working at a Title One school and became frustrated watching countless students fail or struggle with writing on standardized tests. There simply wasn't a curriculum available that focused on her real writing skills, which ultimately hurt the students and teachers. So Lisa studied the Common Core areas that students struggled with the most and developed a curriculum all on her own.
In less than a year, Lisa was able to turn her class around from nearly all failing to achieving a 100% pass rate. Lisa was able to do that with class after class, regardless of how much the students had struggled in the past. Soon, every teacher in the school was demanding Lisa's curriculum and Top Score Writing was born.
Top Score Writing has since grown to include full teacher curriculums for grades second through 12th as well as student workbooks, digital curriculum, scoring, and training. Today,Top Score Writing remains the only proven system that makes teaching writing easier, students learning faster, and is proven to achieve a 70% increase in writing test scores on average.Ā
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In this episode, you will learn:
- How Lisa started her businessĀ
- What Top Score Writing has grown into today
- Lisa's favorite way to market her business and how you can do this too
- Lisa's best piece of advice for teachers just getting started out in their business
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Links Mentioned:Ā
Connect with Lisa: @lisacollumceo
Instagram: @topscorewriting
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TopScoreWritingInc/
Website: www.topscorewriting.com
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, CEO teachers, this interview was my favorite interview to date. I had so much fun interviewing |
| 0:08.5 | the fabulous Lisa column from Top Score Writing. If you live in the southeastern United States, |
| 0:14.9 | you've probably heard about Top Score Writing, and you may also be using her programs and her services inside of your school. |
| 0:23.3 | 15 years ago, Lisa was working at a Title I school and became frustrated watching countless students fail |
| 0:30.4 | or struggle with writing on standardized test. There simply wasn't a curriculum available that |
| 0:36.4 | focused on real writing skills, which ultimately |
| 0:39.5 | hurt the students and teachers. So, Lisa studied the common core areas that students struggled |
| 0:46.0 | with the most and developed a curriculum all on her own. In less than a year, Lisa was able to turn |
| 0:52.1 | her class around from nearly all failing to achieving |
| 0:56.0 | a 100% pass rate. Lisa was able to do that with class after class, regardless of how much the |
| 1:03.7 | students had struggled in the past. Soon, every teacher in the school was demanding Lisa's |
| 1:09.1 | curriculum and Top Score Writing was born. Top |
| 1:12.4 | Score Writing has since grown to include full teacher curriculums for grades 2nd through 12th, |
| 1:17.5 | as well as student workbooks, digital curriculum, scoring, and training. Today, TopScore Writing |
| 1:23.2 | remains the only proven system that makes teaching, writing easier, students learning faster, |
| 1:30.3 | and is proven to achieve a 70% increase in writing test scores on average. You do not. I want to |
| 1:36.8 | miss this interview. Lisa is a true writing rock star, but more importantly, she knows how to run a business like a CEO teacher. |
| 1:47.7 | And I'll see you inside of the interview. |
| 1:56.9 | Welcome to the CEO teacher podcast, where we help educators become thriving CEO teachers by taking their best asset in the classroom and turning it into a sustainable online business. |
| 2:09.0 | Casey Morris, founder of the CEO Teacher Academy, has built a seven-figure a year business teaching educators how to create, market, and scale their resources with an |
| 2:18.8 | online course or membership. She firmly believes that any educator has the skill set to become the |
| 2:24.7 | CEO of their own business and create a life they've always dreamed of living. Through this |
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