The Literacy Coaching Challenge: Models and Methods for Grades K-8 by Michael C. McKenna; Sharon Walpole
	List Price:   $26.00 Unit Price:   $20.80 You Save:   $5.20 (20%) ISBN-10:   159385711X ISBN-13:   9781593857110 Publisher:   Guilford Publications; The Guilford Press Edition:   illustrated Category:   Teachers Only Pub. Date:   April 2008 Pages:   212 Format:   Paperback Ages:   5 to 13 Grades:   0 to 8
Subjects
LITERACY READING (ELEMENTARY)
Description/Notes
When the goal is supporting excellent teaching, there is no 'one-size-fits-all' approach. This book helps literacy coaches and administrators navigate the many choices involved in developing and fine-tuning a coaching program that offers the best fit for a particular school. The authors draw on current research as well as their extensive experience in K-8 settings. They provide clear guidance (with helpful reproducibles) on: nbsp; *Major coaching models and how to choose among them *Applying principles of adult learning and motivation *The role of reading assessment in coaching *Balancing classroom-level, grade-level, and whole-school tasks *Special considerations in middle school coaching 'Coaching and educational leadership go hand in hand, and this exemplary book highlights the various strategies for success in these areas. As an elementary school coach, I have had positive results with my teachers using the subject-specific coaching delineated by McKenna and Walpole. This book emphasizes a most powerful aspect of coaching: helping teachers reflect on their strengths and weaknesses. The coaching strategies presented here focus not only on the elementary grades but on middle and upper schools as well, making this a valuable resource for anyone working to bring about lasting, positive, systematic change in a school at any level.'--Ginger Parris, EdS, literacy coach, Wrens Elementary School, Wrens, Georgia 'The Literacy Coaching Challengeis a thorough and honest review of the difficulties related to effective coaching. District personnel, administrators, and coaches will benefit from McKenna and Walpole's overview of coaching models and from their recommendations regarding effective implementation. The book includes charts and templates that can be used by coaches in any setting as organizational tools for data gathering. Descriptions of a successful coach 'on the job' in a variety of grade levels provide a realistic view of the many decisions that coaches must make while they work to improve instruction in schools throughout the country.'--Judy Mullins, fifth-grade teacher, Lone Oak Elementary School, Spartanburg, South Carolina 'As a Reading First Director who has provided coaching training for five years to Reading First literacy coaches, I have already garnered ideas from this book to further refine the coaching process during next years training. This text would be extremely useful in instructing future literacy coaches in their job requirements and the execution of these responsibilities. Experienced coaches, principals, and administrators dealing with school improvement will find new methods and strategies to improve a schools instructional leadership, especially in the areas of using assessment data to develop and provide systematic professional development based on adult learning theories and coaching models. This book is a 'must read' for anyone dealing with coaching.'--Sandra D. Meyers, EdD, Education Associate, Reading, Delaware Department of Education nbsp; 'This book should be required reading for school administrators and literacy coaches. It describes multiple models of literacy coaching and provides helpful suggestions for creating a strong literacy program, including approaches to professional development, assessment, and classroom- and grade-level instruction. McKenna and Walpole provide rich examples of how these models can be implemented in our schools. They promote a shared leadership approach that empowers and involves many individuals within the learning community.'--David W. Gaston, EdD, Principal, Berkeley Middle School, Williamsburg, Virginia 'Coaching and educational leadership go hand in hand, and this exemplary book highlights the various strategies for success in these areas. As an elementary school coach, I have had positive results with my teachers using the subject-specific coaching delineated by McKenna and Walpole. This book emphasizes a most powerful aspect of coaching: helping teachers reflect on their strengths and weaknesses. The coaching strategies presented here focus not only on the elementary grades but on middle and upper schools as well, making this a valuable resource for anyone working to bring about lasting, positive, systematic change in a school at any level.'--Ginger Parris, EdS, literacy coach, Wrens Elementary School, Wrens, Georgia 'The Literacy Coaching Challengeis a thorough and honest review of the difficulties related to effective coaching. District personnel, administrators, and coaches will benefit from McKenna and Walpole's overview of coaching models and from their recommendations regarding effective implementation. The book includes charts and templates that can be used by coaches in any setting as organizational tools for data gathering. Descriptions of a successful coach 'on the job' in a variety of grade levels provide a realistic view of the many decisions that coaches must make while they work to improve instruction in schools throughout the country.'--Judy Mullins, fifth-grade teacher, Lone Oak Elementary School, Spartanburg, South Carolina 'This book should be required reading for school administrators and literacy coaches. It describes multiple models of literacy coaching and provides helpful suggestions for creating a strong literacy program, including approaches to professional development, assessment, and classroom- and grade-level instruction. McKenna and Walpole provide rich examples of how these models can be implemented in our schools. They promote a shared leadership approach that empowers and involves many individuals within the learning community.'--David W. Gaston, EdD, Principal, Berkeley Middle School, Williamsburg, Virginia 'Coaching and educational leadership go hand in hand, and this exemplary book highlights the various strategies for success in these areas. As an elementary school coach, I have had positive results with my teachers using the subject-specific coaching delineated by McKenna and Walpole. This book emphasizes a most powerful aspect of coaching: helping teachers reflect on their strengths and weaknesses. The coaching strategies presented here focus not only on the elementary grades but on middle and upper schools as well, making this a valuable resource for anyone working to bring about lasting, positive, systematic change in a school at any level.'--Ginger Parris, EdS, literacy coach, Wrens Elementary School, Wrens, Georgia 'The Literacy Coaching Challengeis a thorough and honest review of the difficulties related to effective coaching. District personnel, administrators, and coaches will benefit from McKenna and Walpole's overview of coaching models and from their recommendations regarding effective implementation. The book includes charts and templates that can be used by coaches in any setting as organizational tools for data gathering. Descriptions of a successful coach 'on the job' in a variety of grade levels provide a realistic view of the many decisions that coaches must make while they work to improve instruction in schools throughout the country.'--Judy Mullins, fifth-grade teacher, Lone Oak Elementary School, Spartanburg, South Carolina 'District personnel, administrators, and coaches will benefit from McKenna and Walpole's overview of coaching models and from their recommendations regarding effective implementation. The book includes charts and templates that can be used by coaches in any setting as organizational tools for data gathering. Descriptions of a successful coach 'on the job' in a variety of grade levels provide a realistic view of the many decisions that coaches must make while they work to improve instruction in schools throughout the country .' - Judy Mullins, fifth-grade teacher, Lone Oak Elementary School, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA 'Coaching and educational leadership go hand in hand, and this exemplary book highlights the various strategies for success in these areas. As an elementary school coach, I have had positive results with my teachers using the subject-specific coaching delineated by McKenna and Walpole. This book emphasizes a most powerful aspect of coaching: helping teachers reflect on their strengths and weaknesses. The coaching strategies presented here focus not only on the elementary grades but on middle and upper schools as well, making this a valuable resource for anyone working to bring about lasting, positive, systematic change in a school at any level.' - Ginger Parris, EdS, literacy coach, Wrens Elementary School, Wrens, Georgia, USA