IRA offers many resources to support literacy coaches, administrators, supervisors, and other professionals in their work within the school or district community. Advanced search will help you find materials to share on any topic in literacy instruction. The resources listed here will help you in your own growth as a literacy leader.

A joint product of IRA and NCTE, the Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse provides access to research and best practice to enhance the knowledge base coaches rely on as they work to support excellent reading instruction in all classrooms. Among the site’s features are professional standards for literacy/instructional coaches, issue briefs, a library, and a blog.

• Standards for Middle and High School Literacy Coaches
• Standards for Reading Professionals (including revised role definitions for reading specialists and literacy coaches)
• Reading and literacy coaches: Report on hiring requirements and duties survey
• Best Practice Brief: The reading coach

• The Role and Qualifications of the Reading Coach in the United States
• Teaching All Children to Read: The Roles of the Reading Specialist
• Excellent Reading Teachers
• On Reading Specialists, Coaches and Other Reading Leaders (resolution)

IRA's annual convention offers the best kind of professional development—the chance to learn and share with colleagues in a professional community. Check out www.iraconvention.org for details.