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Literacy Coach Roles and Goals

Literacy Coach Roles and Goals. Sharon Walpole University of Delaware. Literacy Coaches are Learners. Learn about reading development Engaged and active participation in all levels of professional development Self-directed reading of professional materials Self-directed networking.

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Literacy Coach Roles and Goals

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  1. Literacy CoachRoles and Goals Sharon Walpole University of Delaware

  2. Literacy Coaches are Learners • Learn about reading development • Engaged and active participation in all levels of professional development • Self-directed reading of professional materials • Self-directed networking

  3. Literacy Coaches are Learners • Learn about professional development • Engaged and active participation in all levels of professional development • Self-directed reading of professional materials • Self-directed networking

  4. Literacy Coaches are Grant Writers and Site Managers • Understand and review federal guidelines • Keep careful record of budgeting decisions and professional development activities • Collaborate with district personnel to provide reports • Manage site visits

  5. Literacy Coaches are School-Level Planners • Work with administrators to build school-level schedules to protect time for classroom instruction and intervention • Both whole-group and needs-based time • Work with administrators to plan time for small-group and whole-school professional development • Work with administrators and teachers to direct specialists and paraprofessionals • Work with teachers to build classroom schedules

  6. Literacy Coaches are Curriculum Experts • Learn about core curriculum and intervention materials • Extensive personal review of manuals • Research of program reviews • Interaction with publisher’s representatives • Observe curriculum in action

  7. Literacy Coaches are Researchers • Design, schedule and manage data collection • Interpret and share data with all stakeholders • Assess fidelity to school-wide model through observations • Assess relationship of fidelity to student achievement • Propose changes in school-level plan based on these analyses

  8. Literacy Coach as Teacher • Arrange for training in core program materials • Provide outside-the-classroom professional development through presentations and study groups • Provide inside-the-classroom professional development through modeling and observation-feedback

  9. What strengths do you bring?

  10. How will you EVER learn all of this stuff? Listen to Cece, a two-year veteran of Literacy Coaching

  11. A sample LC schedule: Week 1

  12. A sample LC schedule: Week 2

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