Description
This bestselling book gives preservice and practicing literacy coaches the tools they need to build a successful schoolwide reading program. The authors, well-known experts in the field, describe the literacy coach's crucial, evolving role in today's schools. They offer step-by-step guidelines for implementing curricula and assessments, selecting instructional materials, and planning for differentiation and intervention. Specific ways to support teachers by providing high-quality professional development are discussed. The book is grounded in state-of-the-art research on PreK-5 instruction and the characteristics of effective coaches.
New to This Edition
*Incorporates the latest research and instructional materials.
*Expanded grade range now includes PreK and grades 4-5.
*Content on RTI and the Common Core standards is woven throughout.
*Strategies for making professional development more responsive to teachers' needs.
See also The Literacy Coaching Challenge, which guides more experienced coaches in choosing among different coaching models and addresses typical issues of implementation.
Chapter
Chapter 1. What Is a Literacy Coach?
Literacy Coach as Learner
Literacy Coach as Grant Writer
Literacy Coach as School-Level Planner
Literacy Coach as Curriculum Expert
Literacy Coach as Researcher
Literacy Coach as Teacher
The Literacy Coach: An Evolving Role
Chapter 2. Research on Literacy Coaching
Take-Home Message 1: Coaching Does Not Always Change Instruction or Achievement
Take-Home Message 2: Use a Coaching Model to Guide Your Time and Activities
Take-Home Message 3: Coaches Cannot Be Effective Unless Their Work Is Integrated with the School’s Climate
Take-Home Message 4: Align Your Coaching Goals with the Goals of Other Leaders
Take-Home Message 5: The Needs of Teachers Are Real and Must Come Before the Needs of Coaches
Take-Home Message 6: Be Ready to Learn Many Things on the Job
Take-Home Message 7: Be Ready to Differentiate for Preschool Teachers
Take-Home Message 8: Be Ready to Build Your Coaching Toolbox
Take-Home Message 9: Be Sure to Find Out Whether Teachers Implement New Approaches
Take-Home Message 10: Use Multiple Assessment Measures to Track Student Achievement
Chapter 3. What Is a Schoolwide Literacy Program?
Chapter 4. Finding and Applying Reading Research
Scientifically Based Reading Instruction
Evidence-Based Reading Instruction
Chapter 5. Reading Assessment
Interpreting Outcome Scores
Multiple Assessment Hats of the Literacy Coach
Improving Group Achievement Scores
Chapter 6. Instructional Schedules
Chapter 7. Instructional Tasks and Procedures
Stage Theories in Reading and Spelling
Instruction for Preschool Readers and Writers
Instruction for Kindergarten Readers and Writers
Instruction for First-Grade Readers and Writers
Instruction for Second-Grade Readers and Writers
Instruction for Readers and Writers in Grades 3–5
Chapter 8. Selecting Materials and Programs
A Brief History of Core Programs
Present-Day Core Programs
Pros and Cons of a Core Program
Thoughtful Systems for Evaluating Materials
Chapter 9. Schoolwide Response to Intervention
What Is the Argument for Aggressive Early Intervention?
What Are the Specifics of RTI?
How Is Research Informing RTI Efforts?
Selecting Intervention Programs and Practices
Chapter 10. Providing Professional Support
Professional Development Research
A Model for Professional Support
Professional Support and Coaching
Planning and Implementing Schoolwide Professional Development
Book Clubs and Study Groups
Pacing Professional Support
Conceptualizing Leadership
Supporting the Struggling Teacher
What About the Resistant Teacher?
The Literacy Coach's Handbook, Second Edition
：A Guide to Research-Based Practice
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