Julie Wright is a teacher, instructional coach, and educational consultant with over twenty-five years of experience in rural, suburban, and urban education settings.
Julie Wright designs a half-day professional development session to help teachers analyze assessment data and design a schedule to address word learning needs.
Julie Wright details a half day (2-1/2 hour) professional development session to build interest and skill in word study among teachers.
Julie Wright explains how coaching cycles fit into the larger scheme of ongoing professional development. She includes templates for planning and protocols in her piece.
Julie Wright guides a harried fifth-grade teacher in this sample coaching letter.
Julie Wright finds coaching letters are an essential element in her mentoring toolkit. In this first installment of a series, she explains the key components of letters that build rapport and instruction skills.
Julie Wright shares some tips for using systems thinking in developing plans for instructional change in schools and districts.
Julie Wright finds she uses the same principles to design professional development agendas and literacy workshops.