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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Literacy Coaches"”.
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The Effectiveness of Literacy Coaches as Perceived by School Administrators, Classroom Teachers, and Literacy Coaches
School districts are hiring literacy coaches to provide professional development and followup support for teachers as a means to improve teacher effectiveness and student achievement in reading. A paucity of research exists reflecting a clear analysis of the factors which can be used to determine …
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Literacy Principals's...Literacy Coaches' Perceptions of Principals' Literacy Leadership
… the instructional leadership of the principal on literacy initiatives as it relates to student achievement. It examined literacy coaches' perceptions of how a principal's instructional leadership relates to teachers' literacy curriculum. The study also examined whether South Carolina principals' …
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The Impact Literacy Coaches Have On Mississippi's Lower-Performing Schools
… purpose of this study was to explore the impact literacy coaches had on Mississippi’s lower-performing schools. To guide the study, the researcher developed four research questions and four null hypotheses. The population of this study was derived from a sample of Mississippi students in Grades …
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The Tale of Two Middle School Literacy Coaches: Implications for Building Coaching Capacity
… the day to day practices of two middle school literacy coaches. My intention is to capture how coaches continue to build their capacity. Data were gathered through multiple sources, in the form of interviews, observations, a focus group, field notes, reflection journal and artifacts. I then …
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The Literary Coach as Instructional Leader: How Three Literacy Coaches in Rural Georgia Improve Teacher Practices
… theories into practice. A major obstacle facing literacy coaches and leadership teams is identifying an effective implementation model and practice that promotes and support high quality literacy instruction through direct, school-based work with teachers in a district. To understand the support …
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Literacy Coaching In The United States: Implications For Taiwan
<p>Literacy coaching has become a popular professional development approach in the United States over the last decade. To date, there has been little research on the different lived experiences and challenges of literacy coaches working in different contexts. Furthermore, research findings …
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The roles of professional organizations in the effective teaching of reading in Chicago public schools: the International Reading Association and Illinois Reading Council as case studies
… a sample survey of CPS reading specialists and literacy coaches. The study obtained data from public access and compared how third and eighth grade students performed in meets and exceeds category in the ISAT before reading specialists (RS) and literacy coaches (LC) were hired in 2001, and three …
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How Coaching Changes Teaching Practices In Elementary Literacy Instruction
… to help teachers improve teaching and learning. Literacy coaches are becoming increasingly prevalent in many elementary school buildings. This study examined the effects literacy coaches have on teaching practices. More specifically, it examined to what degree literacy coaches affect …
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An Exploration Of The Impact Of Instructional Coaching
… through mastery of Florida State Standards. Literacy coaches support teachers to ensure students master these standards. Research about the impact of instructional coaches at the elementary and middle school levels exists, but research is limited about the impact of coaching at the high …
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Literacy Coaching: Approaches, Styles, and Conversations
… and styles of feedback language used by literacy coaches. Because literacy coaching processes represent a common approach to school-based teacher learning, it is wise to examine their usefulness. The teachers being coached have a key role in shaping and informing the coaching process. …
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The Rhetoric and Realities of Literacy Coaching: An Autoethnography
<p>I became a literacy coach eight years ago. After working at one school for five years with four different principals and reading everything I could find about being a literacy coach, I was keenly aware of the gap between the rhetoric of literacy coaching and the realities I faced in this role. …
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Scaffolded Discourse Within a Comprehensive Literacy Model
… that has these features is the comprehensive literacy model within the Partnership of Comprehensive Literacy model. This mixed methods study examined the language of scaffolding that occurred in three settings within the model: grade level meetings, coaching and mentoring, and small group …
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Zoom: The Changing Nature of Middle School Shared Instructional Leadership on the Way to the Common Core
… that was shared among the administrators and literacy coaches who led the adoption and implementation of the new Standards. The research was conducted during their first year of the CCSS implementation plan and was based on a year-long series of interviews with district level administrators, …
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University of South Carolina'S Elementary Professional Development School Partnerships: Conditions Influencing Professional Development of Teachers
… mandates, administrators, interns and the literacy program. Supports within the partnership that engage teachers in professional development include giving teachers the freedom to make choices and try new methods, the help of the liaisons from the University and the literacy coaches. …
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The Essence of the Distributed Leadership Experience of a High School Literacy Coaching Team: A Phenomenological Study
… is a phenomenological study of a high school literacy coaching team’s experience during the 2010-2011 school year, the first year of its existence. As a distributed leadership organizational routine, the practice of literacy coaching was adopted by a large suburban high school to promote its …
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A Paradigm Shift in Professional Development: Weaving Threads of Understandings Through Job-Embedded Coaching for Increased Student Achievement.
… development model. The study focused on the literacy initiative within 1 school district during a 7-year period from 2001 through 2008. Interviews and classroom observations with principals, literacy coaches, and teacher leaders coupled with rich artifacts and documentation provided data for …
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Getting to the heart of leading as a Cognitive Coach
… by administrators, teachers, consultants, and literacy coaches in K–12 education, and the components of this coaching model can serve as a basis for leadership development. Previous research about Cognitive Coaching has highlighted the benefits of Cognitive Coaching for students, teachers, …
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“It’s like having a library, and you don’t get to go”: educators negotiating boundaries when working with new literacies
… impacted education, particularly in the field of literacy. Often, educators initially resist these changes. Today, this is the case with the new literacies. Although students increasingly turn to technology to communicate, school practices still largely ignore this cultural phenomenon. This …
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The Principals' Perceptions of Literacy Development: The Influence of Instructional Leadership in an Urban School District
… principals who invest in understanding the literacy instructional practices in school settings find that teachers on their campuses usually have positive attitudes regarding supporting the achievement of students through the implementation of district-level mandates that outline the steps …
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