5 Steps To Maximize Literacy Coaching: ONLINE EXCLUSIVE

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5 steps to maximize literacy coaching: ONLINE EXCLUSIVE

By Emily Blinn and Sally Valentino Drew

April 2022

As districts consider how to use federal funds to address learning gaps spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, hiring additional literacy coaches rises as a viable option. Literacy coaches have a unique perspective to see beyond individual classrooms and observe the school as a system working toward literacy achievement. Coaches can use this perspective to address areas for professional growth across the entire school community (Alvermann & Jackson, 2016). Emerging in the research is an understanding that school leaders play an integral role facilitating the work of the literacy coach. A leader’s vision and expectation for coaching, paired with consistent support of a collaborative coaching culture, can increase teacher participation in coaching (Johnson, 2016). There is increased leverage when the coach and school leader develop this

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