Diana Sisson and Betsy Sisson are international literacy consultants focusing on professional development and school improvement. They also serve as adjunct professors in the fields of teacher preparation, curriculum and instruction, educational research in literacy, and literacy instruction

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• PrefaceIntroductionPART I How Important Is Coaching for Teaching and Learning?1 The Evolution of Coaching as a Professional Development ModelCoaching Emerges as a Model of Professional DevelopmentHow Coaching Supports Effective Professional Learning2 Models of CoachingPeer CoachingCognitive CoachingInstructional CoachingContent CoachingPART II What Roles Does a Literacy Coach Play?3 Change AgentHow Is a Literacy Coach a Change Agent?Why Is the Administrator Critical in Change Efforts?What Teachers Are the Focus for Change?How Does Change Happen?4 Relationship BuilderHow Important Is It to Build Relationships With Administrators?Why Are Relationships With Classroom Teachers So Crucial?How Do Literacy Coaches Build Relationships With Classroom Teachers?In What Ways Can Relationships Be Leveraged to Counter Resistant Teachers?5 Data AnalystWhy Must Data Analysis Begin With the Administrator?Why Is Looking at Data With Teachers So Critical?What Types of Data Should Be Examined?Demographic DataStudent Learning DataBehavioral DataHow Can Literacy Coaches Help Teachers Analyze Data?How Does the Use of Data Drive Coaching?6 Curriculum Expert How Does Working With the Administrator on Curriculum Benefit the Whole School?What Exactly Is Curriculum and Why Must Literacy Coaches Be Curriculum Experts?How Can the Role of Curriculum Expert Transform Teaching and Learning?7 Resource ManagerWhy Does Collaborating With the Administrator Assure a Comprehensive Allocation of Resources?How Do Resource Managers Build a School Collection?What Kinds of Resources Are Important?8 Instructional SpecialistWhy Is It Critical to Create an Instructional Leadership Team With the Administrator?How Important Is the Role of Instructional Specialist?What Does an Instructional Specialist Do?How Does an Instructional Specialist Employ Strategies Prescriptively?9 Professional DeveloperWhy Does Teaming Up With the Administrator Transform Professional Learning?How Significant Is Professional Development?In What Ways Do Adults Learn and How Does This Influence Professional Development?How Is a Focus for Professional Development Identified?What Forms Can Professional Learning Take?Faculty WorkshopsTeam MeetingsClassroom VisitationsTeacher Study GroupsObservation and Feedback LoopModelingCo-PlanningCo-TeachingLesson StudyLooking at Student WorkExamining Achievement DataCoaching CyclesHow Can Multimodal Coaching Strengthen Professional Learning Experiences?Virtual WorkshopsOnline Professional Book ClubsDigital Literacy ResourcesInternet Collaboration ToolsClassroom VideosWebcam TechnologyHow Can Coaching Be Equitable for All Teachers?Coaching Rotations for All Faculty MembersTeacher-Requested ConsultancyAdministrator-Requested ConsultancyHow Can Literacy Coaches Ensure High-Quality Professional Development?By What Means Can Coaches Provide Support in Schools Experiencing Faculty Shortages?What About Working With Students?PART III How Does a Coach Ensure Lasting Change?10 Building Essential Skills for Successful Literacy CoachingJust How Important Are Reading Credentials to a Literacy Coach?In What Ways Can Literacy Coaches Continue to Build Their Own Skill Sets?How Can Change Be Sustained?Why Is Self-Reflection Essential for Sustaining Change?Final ThoughtsReferencesAppendix A: Coaching Moves Rating ScaleAppendix B: Professional Developer ResourcesAppendix C: Professional Book Club – Questions for Study and Reflection

Diana Sisson and Betsy Sisson are international literacy consultants focusing on professional development and school improvement. They also serve as adjunct professors in the fields of teacher preparation, curriculum and instruction, educational research in literacy, and literacy instruction

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• PrefaceIntroductionPART I How Important Is Coaching for Teaching and Learning?1 The Evolution of Coaching as a Professional Development ModelCoaching Emerges as a Model of Professional DevelopmentHow Coaching Supports Effective Professional Learning2 Models of CoachingPeer CoachingCognitive CoachingInstructional CoachingContent CoachingPART II What Roles Does a Literacy Coach Play?3 Change AgentHow Is a Literacy Coach a Change Agent?Why Is the Administrator Critical in Change Efforts?What Teachers Are the Focus for Change?How Does Change Happen?4 Relationship BuilderHow Important Is It to Build Relationships With Administrators?Why Are Relationships With Classroom Teachers So Crucial?How Do Literacy Coaches Build Relationships With Classroom Teachers?In What Ways Can Relationships Be Leveraged to Counter Resistant Teachers?5 Data AnalystWhy Must Data Analysis Begin With the Administrator?Why Is Looking at Data With Teachers So Critical?What Types of Data Should Be Examined?Demographic DataStudent Learning DataBehavioral DataHow Can Literacy Coaches Help Teachers Analyze Data?How Does the Use of Data Drive Coaching?6 Curriculum Expert How Does Working With the Administrator on Curriculum Benefit the Whole School?What Exactly Is Curriculum and Why Must Literacy Coaches Be Curriculum Experts?How Can the Role of Curriculum Expert Transform Teaching and Learning?7 Resource ManagerWhy Does Collaborating With the Administrator Assure a Comprehensive Allocation of Resources?How Do Resource Managers Build a School Collection?What Kinds of Resources Are Important?8 Instructional SpecialistWhy Is It Critical to Create an Instructional Leadership Team With the Administrator?How Important Is the Role of Instructional Specialist?What Does an Instructional Specialist Do?How Does an Instructional Specialist Employ Strategies Prescriptively?9 Professional DeveloperWhy Does Teaming Up With the Administrator Transform Professional Learning?How Significant Is Professional Development?In What Ways Do Adults Learn and How Does This Influence Professional Development?How Is a Focus for Professional Development Identified?What Forms Can Professional Learning Take?Faculty WorkshopsTeam MeetingsClassroom VisitationsTeacher Study GroupsObservation and Feedback LoopModelingCo-PlanningCo-TeachingLesson StudyLooking at Student WorkExamining Achievement DataCoaching CyclesHow Can Multimodal Coaching Strengthen Professional Learning Experiences?Virtual WorkshopsOnline Professional Book ClubsDigital Literacy ResourcesInternet Collaboration ToolsClassroom VideosWebcam TechnologyHow Can Coaching Be Equitable for All Teachers?Coaching Rotations for All Faculty MembersTeacher-Requested ConsultancyAdministrator-Requested ConsultancyHow Can Literacy Coaches Ensure High-Quality Professional Development?By What Means Can Coaches Provide Support in Schools Experiencing Faculty Shortages?What About Working With Students?PART III How Does a Coach Ensure Lasting Change?10 Building Essential Skills for Successful Literacy CoachingJust How Important Are Reading Credentials to a Literacy Coach?In What Ways Can Literacy Coaches Continue to Build Their Own Skill Sets?How Can Change Be Sustained?Why Is Self-Reflection Essential for Sustaining Change?Final ThoughtsReferencesAppendix A: Coaching Moves Rating ScaleAppendix B: Professional Developer ResourcesAppendix C: Professional Book Club – Questions for Study and Reflection

Diana Sisson and Betsy Sisson are international literacy consultants focusing on professional development and school improvement. They also serve as adjunct professors in the fields of teacher preparation, curriculum and instruction, educational research in literacy, and literacy instruction

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• PrefaceIntroductionPART I How Important Is Coaching for Teaching and Learning?1 The Evolution of Coaching as a Professional Development ModelCoaching Emerges as a Model of Professional DevelopmentHow Coaching Supports Effective Professional Learning2 Models of CoachingPeer CoachingCognitive CoachingInstructional CoachingContent CoachingPART II What Roles Does a Literacy Coach Play?3 Change AgentHow Is a Literacy Coach a Change Agent?Why Is the Administrator Critical in Change Efforts?What Teachers Are the Focus for Change?How Does Change Happen?4 Relationship BuilderHow Important Is It to Build Relationships With Administrators?Why Are Relationships With Classroom Teachers So Crucial?How Do Literacy Coaches Build Relationships With Classroom Teachers?In What Ways Can Relationships Be Leveraged to Counter Resistant Teachers?5 Data AnalystWhy Must Data Analysis Begin With the Administrator?Why Is Looking at Data With Teachers So Critical?What Types of Data Should Be Examined?Demographic DataStudent Learning DataBehavioral DataHow Can Literacy Coaches Help Teachers Analyze Data?How Does the Use of Data Drive Coaching?6 Curriculum Expert How Does Working With the Administrator on Curriculum Benefit the Whole School?What Exactly Is Curriculum and Why Must Literacy Coaches Be Curriculum Experts?How Can the Role of Curriculum Expert Transform Teaching and Learning?7 Resource ManagerWhy Does Collaborating With the Administrator Assure a Comprehensive Allocation of Resources?How Do Resource Managers Build a School Collection?What Kinds of Resources Are Important?8 Instructional SpecialistWhy Is It Critical to Create an Instructional Leadership Team With the Administrator?How Important Is the Role of Instructional Specialist?What Does an Instructional Specialist Do?How Does an Instructional Specialist Employ Strategies Prescriptively?9 Professional DeveloperWhy Does Teaming Up With the Administrator Transform Professional Learning?How Significant Is Professional Development?In What Ways Do Adults Learn and How Does This Influence Professional Development?How Is a Focus for Professional Development Identified?What Forms Can Professional Learning Take?Faculty WorkshopsTeam MeetingsClassroom VisitationsTeacher Study GroupsObservation and Feedback LoopModelingCo-PlanningCo-TeachingLesson StudyLooking at Student WorkExamining Achievement DataCoaching CyclesHow Can Multimodal Coaching Strengthen Professional Learning Experiences?Virtual WorkshopsOnline Professional Book ClubsDigital Literacy ResourcesInternet Collaboration ToolsClassroom VideosWebcam TechnologyHow Can Coaching Be Equitable for All Teachers?Coaching Rotations for All Faculty MembersTeacher-Requested ConsultancyAdministrator-Requested ConsultancyHow Can Literacy Coaches Ensure High-Quality Professional Development?By What Means Can Coaches Provide Support in Schools Experiencing Faculty Shortages?What About Working With Students?PART III How Does a Coach Ensure Lasting Change?10 Building Essential Skills for Successful Literacy CoachingJust How Important Are Reading Credentials to a Literacy Coach?In What Ways Can Literacy Coaches Continue to Build Their Own Skill Sets?How Can Change Be Sustained?Why Is Self-Reflection Essential for Sustaining Change?Final ThoughtsReferencesAppendix A: Coaching Moves Rating ScaleAppendix B: Professional Developer ResourcesAppendix C: Professional Book Club – Questions for Study and Reflection