The Literacy Coach's Game Plan

Making Teacher Collaboration, Student Learning, and School Improvement a Reality

 

About the Authors

Preface

Chapter 1
Preseason

• What Do Literacy Coaches Actually Do?

• Qualifications: What Do You Need to Be a Successful Coach?

• Finding Balance in Your Role

• Student Work: The Literacy Coach's Way In

• Moving Beyond Test Scores to Find Formative Data

• How Can Coaches Use Formative Data?

• What Is Formative Coaching?

• How Can Formative Coaching Help Me?

• Taking Stock

• Reflecting and Extending

• Questions to Consider

Chapter 2
Stepping Onto the Playing Field

• Step 1: Building Relationships

• Step 2: Learn About the Data in Your School

• Reflecting and Extending

• Questions to Consider

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Chapter 3
The Game Plan
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• Getting Prepared for One-on-One Coaching

• Building Your Knowledge About Differentiation

• Differentiating Your Coaching

• Introducing the Cycle Into Your Coaching

• Strategies for Understanding Formative Work

• Formative Data Techniques in Action: Coaching Case Studies

• Reflecting and Extending

• Questions to Consider

Chapter 4
Batter Up!

• Gathering Multiple Types of Data

• Introducing Data Collection Tools

• Techniques for Collecting Data

• The Power of Collaborative Teaching: Strategies for Meaningful Collaboration

• Planning Your Support With the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model

• The Toughest Job: Providing Meaningful Feedback

• Formative Coaching Case Study

• Reflecting and Extending

• Questions to Consider

Chapter 5
The Huddle: Developing the Professional Learning Community

• Step 1: Research and Define the Meaning of a Professional Learning Community

• Step 2: Determine How to Approach Human Resources and Structural Resources Within Your Professional Learning Community

• Step 3: Target Three Literacy Priorities for the Professional Learning Community

• Step 4: Assess and Celebrate Community Progress

• Overcoming Inherent Challenges of the Professional Learning Community

• Reflecting and Extending

• Questions to Consider

Chapter 6
Establishing a Winning Record: Coaching for School Change

• How to Get Started

• Action Research

• The Playbook: Implementing a Cycle of Action Research

• Reflecting and Extending

• Questions to Consider

Chapter 7
The Legacy of Your Coaching

• Rolling With the Punches

• Your Legacy

• Why We Coach

• Reflecting and Extending

• Questions to Consider

Appendix A
Reproducibles

Appendix B
Protocols

References

Index

 

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