Literacy Coaching

Coaches are vital members of the literacy leadership team. Their roles and responsibilities are always evolving, but the goal of instructional coaching remains constant: to improve teaching and learning effectively and through authentic and collaborative opportunities.

Featured Resources

Additional Resources

• A Humanizing Approach to Coaching
  Emily C. Caylor
  ARTICLE | Literacy Today (member magazine)
• From Research to Practice: Coaching for Literacy Change
  Kenneth Kunz
  WEBINAR (free for members)
• Literacy Coaching
  Lindsay Clare Matsumura
  INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE (member resource)
• The Multiple Roles of School-Based Specialized Literacy Professionals
  Rita Bean, Virginia Goatley, and Diane Kern
  BRIEF
• From Teacher to Literacy Coach: Negotiating Roles and Learning on the Job
  Leah Ruesink and Laura Teichert
  ARTICLE | The Reading Teacher (paid access)
• Not Policies. People
  Gabriel P. DellaVecchia
  ARTICLE | The Reading Teacher (open access)
• Using Digital Tools to Enhance Literacy Coaching
  Christine M. Leighton, Evelyn Ford-Connors, and Dana A. Robertson
  INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE (member resource)
• “In the Room Where It Happens”: Advocacy 101 for Literacy Leaders
  Margarita Gómez and Leah Katherine Saal
  ARTICLE | The Reading Teacher (paid access)
• The Soft Skills of Communication in Literacy Leadership
  Celeste Bates and Denise Morgan
  INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE (member resource)