In order to better understand literacy coaches' impact on teachers, the authors analyzed
interviews with 35 teachers who participated in a statewide professional development effort …

Instructional coaching has improved student outcomes in the United States, and may help to
solve Kenya's literacy problems. Coaching is costly, however, and evidence is lacking …

The field of literacy education has long been concerned with the question of how to help
classroom teachers improve their practices so that students will improve as readers …

In 2015 WakeEd Partnership and Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), North
Carolina's largest school system, designed an engaging, results-oriented professional …

Embedded within traditional notions of coaching are unstated expectations that (a) the
coach is an expert and knows what it is that the other person should be doing and (b) based …

Teacher coaching can take a multitude of forms along a spectrum, from conversations about
teaching approaches to specific individualized feedback and modeling. This chapter …

In Literacy Unleashed, Bonnie D. Houck and Sandi Novak explain why ensuring high-quality
reading instruction is one of school leaders' most important jobs and introduce their Literacy …

183 through language and literacy in the classroom. In addition, the weak and
underrepresented may be many of their teachers who feel powerless under current federal …

As a part of Response to Intervention, for three years, ten reading interventionists provided
supplemental support to readers. They formed a learning community, took an inquiry‐based …

The purpose of this qualitative multiple participant case study was to understand the impact
of a nine month collaborative literacy coaching (CLC) initiative on middle and high school …