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Presented by Deanna Texel, District Coordinator of Reading First for Pinellas County Schools and Shirley Bair and Be

Presented by Deanna Texel, District Coordinator of Reading First for Pinellas County Schools and Shirley Bair and Bette Groves, Literacy Staff Developers June, 2008. Clusters for Coaches. Welcome. Introductions: Deanna Texel Shirley Bair Bette Groves. This Session Includes:.

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Presented by Deanna Texel, District Coordinator of Reading First for Pinellas County Schools and Shirley Bair and Be

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  1. Presented by Deanna Texel, District Coordinator of Reading First for Pinellas County Schools and Shirley Bair and Bette Groves, Literacy Staff Developers June, 2008 Clusters for Coaches

  2. Welcome Introductions: Deanna Texel Shirley Bair Bette Groves

  3. This Session Includes: District Reading First Support for Reading First Coaches • Building capacity over the 5 years of the grant. • Focusing on sustainability through “Clusters for Coaches.”

  4. Memories Over the Years • 2002-2003 • 38 Reading First Schools with one District Staff Developer for support • 2003-2004 • same • 2004-2005 • 54 Reading First Schools with two District Staff Developers for support • 2005-2006 • same • 2006-2007 • same

  5. What is Clusters for Coaches? • Briefly… collegial coaching each other for sustainability • More information later on

  6. When did it begin? • August, 2007 – Vision • September, 2007 – Sign Up • October, 2007 – History Made

  7. Where did it come from? • Building capacity over the 5 years of our Reading First grant.

  8. What does it LOOK like? • Looks like: Grade-level Walkthroughs, Observations of Word Work lessons and modeling of Read Aloud with Accountable Talk, while taking notes on graphic organizers. • Plus FREE BOOKS for our Book Study of engaging picture books to plan for future quality coaching moments back at the ranch!

  9. Why did we need it? • To build on our strengths so that our weaknesses would disappear, we gradually released who was doing the hard work individually. • To build more collaboration and working smarter, we offered other models through site-based observations and conversations.

  10. What does it SOUND like? • Sounds like: Sharing Collegial Conversations filled with lots of COMPLIMENTS and Questions, Connections and Comments, while Agreeing and Disagreeing during Pre-Conferences, Debriefs, Viewing Videotapes and Analyzing Literature Books. • Smells and Tastes like: SNACKS!

  11. Let’s hear from our amazing Reading First Coaches! Testimonials from those who served as a… Hostess or as a Participant

  12. Your turn! • Let’s stop and THINK! • Discuss with a partner about HOW it might work for your professional development plan. • Quiet Writing for your Reflective Thinking to create your own Action Plan!

  13. Questions What are you wondering?

  14. STOP and JOT Please complete 1 or 2 of the sentence stems on our REFLECTIONS sheet at the back of your packet for our feedback. Thank you!

  15. THANK YOU! For further information, please feel free to contact us at the Region I Office 2499 – 25th Street South St. Petersburg, FL 33712 bairs@pcsb.org grovesb@pcsb.org

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