Lead Lit Topic: Coaching Support Structures
Some literacy leaders receive extensive training for working with adult learners, but most of us do not. As you move between the stances of coach, collaborator and consultant, you’ll need support structures in place for defining your role, communicating with administrators, advocating for your position with a school board and more. Here you’ll find reflections and how-tos that respond to the question, “Who coaches the coach?”
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Sales Clerks and Literacy Leaders
Shopping for the perfect outfit is always an exhausting task. I seem to always encounter the hovering salesperson. She's the one who shows me the outfits I would never buy, and suggests...
How Study Groups Are Like Self-Cleaning Ovens
One of our favorite inventions ever is the self-cleaning oven. Set a timer, lock the oven door, and a few hours later -- voila! You have a clean oven, and...
Quick Take: Protocols for Teacher Study Groups
In this three-minute Quick Take video, Clare Landrigan describes the teacher study group protocol she uses to foster shared understanding and allow for differentiated learning among teachers.
Engaging Teachers with Coaching
When my husband and I rented the movie Slumdog Millionaire, I hid my eyes frequently during the first 30 minutes. Completely unprepared for the on-screen violence, I asked Kurt to nudge...
Coaching Minute: Get Out of Your Office
David Pittman encourages instructional coaches to get out of the office in the early days of the school year. He offers several practical suggestions for how to set the tone...
Coaching Minute: Supporting New Teachers
Principal Lee Snider talks about the challenges new teachers face and how principals can support them.
Coaching Minute: Assisting Struggling Teachers by Being Focused
Principal Lee Snider talks about how principals can support struggling teachers by keeping the focus on instruction.
Coaching Minute: Wearing (Too) Many Hats
Inga Omondi encourages instructional coaches to consider the many hats they wear and to remove the ones that are not serving the greater good.
Coaching Through a New Program
Traveling in Europe in her early twenties, Josie left her friends and took a train to her father’s very small hometown. Not speaking the language and barely understanding the train...
Coaching Minute: Establishing Expertise
Principal Lee Snider talks about how principals can support struggling teachers by establishing their expertise and visiting classrooms often.
Coaching in Community: Co-Creating Learning Spaces (Part II)
“Rethinking liberates us to do more than update our knowledge and opinions. It’s a tool for leading a more fulfilling life.” —Adam Grant Ever since reading the book Think Again...
Coaching Minute: Getting into Classrooms
Principal Lee Snider talks with literacy coach Lora Bieghler about being intentional about getting into classrooms.
Great Short Reads for Busy Teachers
“I just finished Where the Crawdads Sing. It was such a wonderful book! Have you read it yet?” I asked Debbie. “Oh, Shari, you’re always talking to me about books!"...
