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A Day in the Life of a High-School Literacy Coach

A Day in the Life of a High-School Literacy Coach. My Life at Gilbert High School Gilbert, South Carolina Libby Newman. Living the high-school life. What my teachers do What my teachers need What my teachers expect from me. What RAISSE gave GHS. Content area literacy specialists

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A Day in the Life of a High-School Literacy Coach

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  1. A Day in the Life of a High-School Literacy Coach My Life at Gilbert High School Gilbert, South Carolina Libby Newman

  2. Living the high-school life • What my teachers do • What my teachers need • What my teachers expect from me

  3. What RAISSE gave GHS • Content area literacy specialists • Meaningful professional development with opportunities to develop useful materials • A network of concerned teachers versed in literacy strategies

  4. Crossing the barriers • Reaching teachers where they are • Teaching teachers why literacy matters in their classrooms

  5. Providing resources • RAISSE blog • Read aloud passages • Research resources • Fiction materials • Project/writing assignment descriptions • Rubrics • In all cases, matching the materials with the content of the course and the abilities of the students

  6. Providing strategies to groups • Study groups • Book studies • Strategy sharing • Networking between departments • Collaborative planning

  7. Providing strategies to groups • Whole-faculty workshops • Planning period workshops • Departmental workshops • Sharing professional books

  8. Providing strategies to individuals • One-on-one coaching • Demonstrating strategies in my classroom • Demonstrating strategies in their classrooms

  9. Educating administrators • Professional reading • One-on-one conversations • Professional development opportunities • Study group participation

  10. Educating parents • Open house opportunities • ESOL family nights • Web-site resources • Summer reading brochures • Special education partnerships

  11. Rewarding Excellence • Making sure that students know literacy matters: • Supporting classroom and extracurricular literacy efforts • Reading Rewards Party • Writer of the Week • Student work displayed • Common rubrics/ assessments/ language

  12. Rewarding Excellence • Making sure that teachers know that literacy matters: • Classroom books given to teachers who are using books • Recognition before peers • Awards posted outside classroom door • Professional books provided for study group members • Graduate credit opportunities • Recertification opportunities

  13. Putting it all together RAISSE

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