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Coaching Minute: Cycle Forms
Jean Russell explains the importance of establishing norms and a framework for coaching cycles. You can access the documents she mentions below the player. Here is a copy of Jean's...
Demonstration Small Group: Nathan Hale and Point of View
Tammy Mulligan leads a demonstration small group for fifth graders using a graphic novel to teach point of view.
Coaching Minute: Sharing Individual Learning with Teaching Teams
Jean Russell explains how she leverages one-on-one coaching for learning with entire grade-level teams.
Finding Themes in Graphic Novels
Tammy Mulligan leads a demonstration small group on finding themes in graphic novels. The lesson includes a prebrief and debrief with the teacher.
Coaching Minute: Supporting New Teachers
Literacy coach Jen Court explains how she is supporting an influx of nine new teachers in her building this year.
Coaching Minute: Dealing with Parent Concerns
Principal Lee Snider talks about how he deals with parent concerns.
Grade-Level Team Meeting: Student Notebooks
Kathy Provost coaches two third-grade teachers as they consider what students are jotting in their notebooks and how they could make changes before beginning a new unit.
Demonstration Small Group: Emergent Kindergarten Readers
Clare Landrigan leads a demonstration small group of emergent kindergarten readers focused on inferring. They are reading Cookie's Week. The lesson includes a prebrief and debrief with the teacher.
Coaching Minute: Building Rapport with Teachers
Principal Lee Snider talks about how he built rapport with teachers when he was new to the role of principal in the building.
Special Education and Classroom Teacher Meeting
Special education teacher Julianne Houser and fourth-grade teacher Heidi discuss how they can work together to support specific students, assessing needs and strategies to meet them.
Demonstration Small Group: Novels in Verse
Tammy Mulligan leads a demonstration small group with sixth graders who are reading novels in verse.
Coaching Minute: Collaborating with Principals
Literacy coach Jen Court explains how she collaborates with principals.
Coaching Minute: Leveraging a Calendar for Leadership
Jean Russell explains how a simple trick with a coaching calendar can build in more time and expectations for leadership growth.
Coaching Debrief: Author Styles Minilesson
Jen Court debriefs with second-grade teacher Logan about the author's minilesson and how it fits into their instructional plans. The original lesson is available at this link.
Coaching Minute: 3/3/3 PD
How can you be sure texts used in professional development become anchors for learning beyond the moment they are read? Jean Russell recommends the 3/3/3 method for reading and reflection...
Coaching Minute: Using Quotes to Read the Room
Literacy coach Jean Russell explains how she uses quotes at the start of a professional development session to read the room and launch conversations about a topic. Here are two...
Coaching Minute: Using Quotes to Explore Beliefs
Jean Russell shares how literacy coaches can use quotes in professional development sessions to explore teachers' beliefs and identities. Here are two of Jean's favorite quotes to display when exploring...
Spacing Words: Kindergarten Small Group
Tammy Mulligan uses another kindergartner's writing as a mentor text for teaching young children how to use spaces in their writing in this demonstration small group.
Coaching Minute: Advice for New Coaches
In this quick video, Cathy Mere shares some advice for new coaches.
Coaching Minute: Collaboration
In this brief video, Cathy Mere talks with literacy coach Kelly Hoenie about collaboration with reading specialists.
Ending the Year by Looking Forward
In this short video, Cathy Mere asks literacy coach Kelly Hoenie to think about how she will use learning from the end of the school year to plan for next...
