Heather Fisher
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Heather Fisher is a literacy coach in Hudson, Massachusetts.
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Showcasing the Vision
Heather Fisher finds it is much easier to remember a shared vision when it is displayed in classrooms.
Reading Specialists: Using a Common Observation Form
Kathy Provost and Heather Fisher work with reading specialists who are observing individual students to study the transition of skills from targeted support to work in the classroom. The observation form everyone uses includes an engagement inventory and key questions.
Science and Literacy Units
Heather Fisher takes a group of elementary teachers through the same science learning process they will use with their students, integrating reading, writing, and talk throughout the professional development session.
First-Grade Team: Next Steps
Heather Fisher leads a first-grade teaching team as they plan action steps to take before their next monthly meeting.
Coaching Minute: Case Study Observation Form
Literacy coaches Heather Fisher and Kathy Provost talk about how their work with reading specialists has evolved by having the specialists focus on case studies of individual students, rather than spending much of their time focused solely on big data. They share a form they use to help reading specialists hone their observation skills.
First-Grade Team: Exploring Student Engagement
Heather Fisher leads a first-grade team monthly meeting where everyone shares strategies they are trying for fostering more student engagement.
Visual Expectations in the Classroom
Heather Fisher finds the key to independence for many first graders is lots of visual reminders in classrooms.
Grade-Level Team Meeting: Conversations in First Grade
In this video of a first-grade team meeting with a literacy coach, Heather Fisher uses online resources and anchor charts to build cohesive instruction in talk strategies across the grade.
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