This handbook describes a workshop designed to help administrative personnel improve school system writing programs. The handbook contains agendas for one-day and two-day workshops, and modules that provide (1) a case study of a writing program coordinator; (2) a discussion of the basic elements of a writing program, including program philosophy, skills to be taught, teaching methods and materials, evaluation methods, and teacher training methods; (3) a rating scale to elicit opinions on a number of writing related issues; (4) a selected bibliography of readings for administrators; (5) a list of functions and activities for the program administrator; (6) explanations of analytic and holistic scoring, and writing samples to be scored by workshop participants; and (7) guidelines for assessing and restructuring writing programs. Additional resources contained in the handbook include suggestions for using the writing folder in the classroom, a writing program assessment instrument, a discussion of competency programs for basic skills improvement, and descriptions of the New Jersey Writing Project and an individualized language arts program. (FL)