Description
A concise reference with essential protocols for successful early literacy coaching!
This book highlights the expanding role of literacy coaches in implementing early and elementary literacy programs. The authors present user-friendly guidelines and evidence-based strategies for sustained professional development, protocols for classroom observations and teacher conferences, and vignettes offering solutions to common coaching challenges. This resource illustrates how coaching professionals can:
- Define an effective, proactive role in promoting literacy initiatives
- Strengthen content knowledge and coaching skills to support teachers’ efforts and students’ literacy development
- Collaborate with teachers and school leaders to establish productive learning communities
- Communicate their changing roles to administrators
Table of Contents
Foreword by Nancy D. Padak
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Contributors
Introduction
1. Your Role and the Task at Hand: The Responsibilities of a Coach in Supporting Effective Literacy Instruction
2. The Nuts and Bolts: Scheduling, Organizing, and Documenting
3. The Heart of the Matter: Conferring With Teachers
4. Assessment: Using Data to Inform Literacy Instruction
5. Learning Communities: Supporting Collaborative Teamwork
6. Ongoing Growth: Supporting Professional Development
Appendix: For Further Reading: An Annotated Bibliography of Resources on Literacy Instruction and Coaching
References
Index
