Book

Want to learn more about formative coaching? Our new book, The Literacy Coach’s Game Plan: Making Teacher Collaboration, Student Learning, and School Improvement a Reality, published by the International Reading Association, is now out.

	Chapter 1 Preseason
	• What Do Literacy Coaches Actually Do?
	• Qualifications: What Do You Need to Be a Successful Coach?
	• Finding Balance in Your Role
	• Student Work: The Literacy Coach’s Way In
	• Moving Beyond Test Scores to Find Formative Data
	• How Can Coaches Use Formative Data?
	• What Is Formative Coaching?
	• How Can Formative Coaching Help Me?
	• Taking Stock
	Chapter 2 Stepping Onto the Playing Field
	• Step 1: Building Relationships
	• Step 2: Learn About the Data in Your School
	Chapter 3
	• Getting Prepared for One-on-One Coaching
	• Building Your Knowledge About Differentiation
	• Differentiating Your Coaching
	• Introducing the Cycle Into Your Coaching
	• Strategies for Understanding Formative Work
	• Formative Data Techniques in Action: Coaching Case Studies
	Chapter 4 Batter Up!
	• Gathering Multiple Types of Data
	• Introducing Data Collection Tools
	• Techniques for Collecting Data
	• The Power of Collaborative Teaching: Strategies for Meaningful Collaboration
	• Planning Your Support With the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model
	• The Toughest Job: Providing Meaningful Feedback
	• Formative Coaching Case Study
	Chapter 5 The Huddle: Developing the Professional Learning Community
	• Step 1: Research and Define the Meaning of a Professional Learning Community
	• Step 2: Determine How to Approach Human Resources and Structural Resources Within Your Professional Learning Community
	• Step 3: Target Three Literacy Priorities for the Professional Learning Community
	• Step 4: Assess and Celebrate Community Progress
	• Overcoming Inherent Challenges of the Professional Learning Community
	Chapter 6 Establishing a Winning Record: Coaching for School Change
	• How to Get Started
	• Action Research
	• The Playbook: Implementing a Cycle of Action Research
	Chapter 7 The Legacy of Your Coaching
	• Rolling With the Punches
	• Your Legacy
	• Why We Coach

	Chapter 1 Preseason
	• What Do Literacy Coaches Actually Do?
	• Qualifications: What Do You Need to Be a Successful Coach?
	• Finding Balance in Your Role
	• Student Work: The Literacy Coach’s Way In
	• Moving Beyond Test Scores to Find Formative Data
	• How Can Coaches Use Formative Data?
	• What Is Formative Coaching?
	• How Can Formative Coaching Help Me?
	• Taking Stock
	• Reflecting and Extending
	• Questions to Consider
	Chapter 2 Stepping Onto the Playing Field
	• Step 1: Building Relationships
	• Step 2: Learn About the Data in Your School
	• Reflecting and Extending
	• Questions to Consider
	Chapter 3 The Game Plan FREE!
	• Getting Prepared for One-on-One Coaching
	• Building Your Knowledge About Differentiation
	• Differentiating Your Coaching
	• Introducing the Cycle Into Your Coaching
	• Strategies for Understanding Formative Work
	• Formative Data Techniques in Action: Coaching Case Studies
	• Reflecting and Extending
	• Questions to Consider
	Chapter 4 Batter Up!
	• Gathering Multiple Types of Data
	• Introducing Data Collection Tools
	• Techniques for Collecting Data
	• The Power of Collaborative Teaching: Strategies for Meaningful Collaboration
	• Planning Your Support With the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model
	• The Toughest Job: Providing Meaningful Feedback
	• Formative Coaching Case Study
	• Reflecting and Extending
	• Questions to Consider
	Chapter 5 The Huddle: Developing the Professional Learning Community
	• Step 1: Research and Define the Meaning of a Professional Learning Community
	• Step 2: Determine How to Approach Human Resources and Structural Resources Within Your Professional Learning Community
	• Step 3: Target Three Literacy Priorities for the Professional Learning Community
	• Step 4: Assess and Celebrate Community Progress
	• Overcoming Inherent Challenges of the Professional Learning Community
	• Reflecting and Extending
	• Questions to Consider
	Chapter 6 Establishing a Winning Record: Coaching for School Change
	• How to Get Started
	• Action Research
	• The Playbook: Implementing a Cycle of Action Research
	• Reflecting and Extending
	• Questions to Consider
	Chapter 7 The Legacy of Your Coaching
	• Rolling With the Punches
	• Your Legacy
	• Why We Coach
	• Reflecting and Extending
	• Questions to Consider