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This e-guide provides tried-and-true workshops plans for educators in need of energy and encouragement.
Shari Frost describes how literacy coaches shadowed children to get a sense of how much reading students were doing.
Have you ever experienced the strange phenomenon of colleagues who show up for book study groups and gab away, even though they haven't read the text? You may be a victim of "bullcrit" – the willingness of some people to critique movies they haven't seen, music they haven't heard, and books they haven't read.
While clever activities for adult professional development are fun, what really helps colleagues become more competent and sensitive to classroom and school needs? Franki Sibberson knows what her colleagues need and gives it to them.
Jennifer Allen makes connections between her new professional life as a literacy coach and her beginning as a classroom teacher.
Jennifer Allen reflects on essential layers that provide a safety net for the challenges facing beginning teachers.
Gayle Gentry reflects on how a colleague’s simple request to reorganize a classroom library turned into coaching opportunities that had a direct impact on student learning.
There are so many new professional books available for literacy leaders to purchase…and so little funding to buy them. Shari Frost gives the details of how one coach surveyed colleagues, assessed needs, and rooted out bargains before spending the precious $500 allocated for stocking the professional book library.
An elementary literacy team discusses word learning in the context of student assessment results as part of a yearlong inquiry into word study.
Jennifer Jones reflects upon the “teacherisms” in writing workshops — the language we use that defines our values and routines.
Handwritten notes have timeless appeal, and great value for teachers and literacy leaders.
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