Full Description
Based on her work as a literacy coach and an instructional coach, it became apparent to Jan Miller Burkins that parallels and overlaps exist in the work coaches do with teachers. Many coaches were inventing and reinventing the same tools. This repetition of effort led Burkins to compile this collection of tools and resources. The diversity of literacy coaching demands that coaches must be competent across many levels of interaction with people and must have expertise in an array of areas from communication to technology to literacy research. This resource provides specific tools and resources that respond to those needs.
Contents
ForewordAbout the AuthorPrefaceSharing Our WorkHow This Book Came to BeSuppositionsFrom Philosophy to ActionConclusions: A Word About ImaginationAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Three Metaphors for Literacy CoachingMetaphor I: Coaching PieMetaphor II: Nesting DollsMetaphor III: Phases of the MoonClosing Thoughts1. Defining and Clarifying Your RoleOpening Thoughts: Finding OurselvesCoaching Connection: Living Horizontal in a Vertical WorldRelated Research: Four Schools, Three Literacy Coaches, and 160 TeachersTools for Defining and Clarifying Your RoleA Coaching Story: Crossing LinesCoaching Connection: Wet Cement in the ThresholdTaking Chapter 1 Personally: How Are You Defining and Clarifying Your Role?2. Stepping Into the Work of Literacy CoachingOpening Thoughts: Big ShoesCoaching Connection: Sitting BigRelated Research: What Can a Coach Do for You?Tools for Stepping Into the Work of Literacy CoachingA Coaching Story: Quality Over QuantityCoaching Connection: One Piece at a TimeTaking Chapter 2 Personally: How Are You Stepping Into Your Work as Literacy Coach?3. Stretching YourselfOpening Thoughts: Risky BusinessCoaching Connection: Coaches Worth Their SaltRelated Research: Reflecting With OthersTools for Stretching YourselfA Coaching Story: Reading With a Different LensCoaching Connection: Yoga and Honoring ResistanceTaking Chapter 3 Personally: How Are You Stretching Yourself?4. Developing and Supporting Learning CommunitiesOpening Thoughts: Smart WorkCoaching Connection: Red Grapes or Green GrapesRelated Research: Learning to LearnTools for Supporting and Developing Learning CommunitiesA Coaching Story: Modeling in Professional LearningCoaching Connection: The Rubik's CubeTaking Chapter 4 Personally: How Are You Developing and Supporting Learning Communities in Your School?5. Coaching Individual TeachersOpening Thoughts: Records on the RunCoaching Connection: Thinking Outside the MailboxRelated Research: Feedback and Situated IdentitiesTools for Coaching Individual TeachersA Coaching Story: Learning to Script LessonsCoaching Connection: Just What I NeededTaking Chapter 5 Personally: How Will You Work With Individual Teachers?6. Documenting Your Work, Managing Your TimeOpening Thoughts: Matters of TimeCoaching Connection: Drumming ClassRelated Key: Energy and TimeTools for Documenting Your Work and Managing Your TimeCoaching Story: Play FastCoaching Connection: Machines That Make the Work HarderTaking Chapter 6 Personally: How Do You Document Your Work and Manage Your Time?ReferencesIndex
