Literacy Coach Training

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Literacy Coach Training

• Day 1
• August 19, 2013

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Outcomes

• Teachers will be able to
• Understand their role as skillful collaborators
  in school settings.
• Understand their own unique collaborative style
  and how their style contributes to the strength
  of the Literacy Coach Team.
• Build trust among the Literacy Coach Team.

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Personal History Exercise

• Where did you grow up?
• How many kids were in your family?
• Tell something about yourself that may surprise
  others.
• What was your very first job?
• What do you hope to learn during our training
  together?

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Our Norms
L Let yourself be not only a leader but a
learner.
E Expect to learn from the training and each
other. A Ask questions of us, each other, on
the Parking Lot. D Discuss freely without
constraints. This is a judgement free zone. E
Excuse yourself for calls and personal needs. R
Respect each other by silencing electronics.
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Looking Beyond the Obvious

• Reading and writing Podcasts
• Cross-curricular countywide professional
  development team facilitators
• Spotlighting one teacher at each school as the
  labclass
• Video clips showcasing literacy in action across
  curricular content/our library
• Podcast

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Who - Teams

• Effective Collaboration is Essential
• With whom am I working?
• What is the level of current knowledge
• Central Office Team
• School-Based Administrative Team
• School-Based Literacy Team Confirm with
  Principal
• Content ITLs

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Vision of Literacy Coaching

• Literacy coaches help teachers improve the
  quality of their instruction, combining both
  content and literacy.

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Mission of the Literacy Coaches

• The Literacy Coach assists teachers to develop
  instructional strategies that will help students
  use and continue to build their literacy skills
  through content learning.

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Goals for the Literacy Coach Team

• Literacy coaches will be well versed in
• characteristics of adult learners
• processes for successful coaching
• essential elements of effective instruction
• literacy learning and processes
• measures of reading achievement

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Literacy Coach Guiding Principles

• We believe in
• Engaging learners in critical thinking and
  problem solving.
• Cultivating an environment that allows for
  collaboration, initiative, curiosity and
  adaptability.
• Developing effective oral and written
  communication.
• Providing multiple opportunities to access and
  analyze information.

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Standards for Middle and High School Literacy
Coaches

• STANDARD 1 SKILLFUL COLLABORATORS
• Content area literacy coaches are skilled
  collaborators who function effectively in middle
  school and/or high school settings.
• STANDARD 2 SKILLFUL JOB-EMBEDDED COACHES
• Content area literacy coaches are skilled
  instructional coaches for secondary teachers in
  the core content areas of English language arts,
  mathematics, science, and social studies.
• STANDARD 3 SKILLFUL EVALUATORS OF LITERACY NEEDS
• Content area literacy coaches are skilled
  evaluators of literacy needs within various
  subject areas and are able to collaborate with
  secondary school leadership teams and teachers to
  interpret and use assessment data to inform
  instruction.
• Content Area Standard
• STANDARD 4 SKILLFUL INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGISTS
• Content area literacy coaches are accomplished
  middle and high school teachers who are skilled
  in developing and implementing instructional
  strategies to improve academic literacy in the
  specific content area

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ELEMENT 1.3 Literacy coaches strengthen their
professional teaching knowledge, skills, and
strategies.

• How can research and theory inform our practice?
• What is highly effective literacy teaching how
  can we know?
• What approach to literacy coaching will be most
  effective in your context?
• How will this sit within the broader professional
  learning and change process at your school?

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Seminar What Does Research Tells us About
Adolescents and Literacy?

• Improving Adolescent Literacy Effective
  Classroom and Intervention Practices
  http//ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide.aspx?sid
  8
• Literacy in the Content Areas
  http//edc448uri.wikispaces.com/file/view/Langer.p
  df/298947970/Langer.pdf
• Results that Matter 21st Century Skills and
  High School Reform http//edc448uri.wikispaces.co
  m/file/view/21stCentury.pdf/298948380/21stCentury.
  pdf
• State Actions to Improve Adolescent Literacy
  http//edc448uri.wikispaces.com/file/view/Adol20L
  it2009web.pdf/76943867/Adol20Lit2009web.pdf
• Confronting the Challenges of Participatory
  Culture http//mitpress.mit.edu/books/confronting
  -challenges-participatory-culture

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