A guide to literacy coaching; helping teachers increase student achievement.

9781412951548

A guide to literacy coaching; helping teachers increase student achievement.

Jay, Annemarie B and Mary W. Strong

Corwin Press Inc.

2008

269 pages

$76.95

Hardcover

LB2844

Jay and Strong (both education, Widener U., Chester, Pennsylvania) present a practical text for both novice and experienced professionals who serve as literacy coaches in American schools. Coverage includes an introduction to coaching and the value of literacy coaches in both elementary and secondary schools; the multiple roles of the literacy coach as facilitator, observer, colleague, and learner; practical tools for planning and implementing coaching techniques; working in elementary, middle, and high schools and in special education classrooms; the coach's possible collaboration with parents and educational agencies; professional organizational resources for coaches; forming a collaborative relationship with school administrators and other leaders, with classroom teachers, and with other professionals and school personnel; schoolwide and classroom assessments, and individual student observations and assessments; and major national education reports that impact literacy coaching.

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