Ages 4-16
Responsive Literacy Coaching: Tools for Creating and Sustaining Purposeful Change
Cheryl Dozier
Foreword by Peter Johnston
In this practical and informative title, the author presents both a theoretical framework and practical tools to promote effective literacy training, improve literacy teaching and pupil achievement.
These tools can be adapted for all situations and abilities, and the author invites readers to enter into a training dialogue, through:
- case studies that bring training interactions to life;
- prompts to engage both teachers and pupils;
- opportunities for collaborative reflection;
- frequently-asked questions.
The author cautions trainers to avoid being so caught up in the doing of training that they forget the purpose behind it. In this book she provides room for stepping back, and asking what kind of literacy environments and experiences we are creating for our schools and our pupils? What is possible as we engage in transformative literacy practices? While the tools offered in this book do not provide a ‘quick fix’, they foster critical thinking and sustained inquiry that leads to positive change for both teachers and pupils.
Contents
Introduction; What is responsive Literacy Coaching; Sharing our Literate Lives; Learning Together through; Learning Together Through Joint Productive Activities; Examining Language; Developing Self-Extending Systems; Broadening the Coaching Role: Developing Partnerships with Administrators and Engaging with Families; Considering Assessment; Frequently Asked Questions About Coaching; Sustaining Change Over Time; Appendix A: Analysis of Writing Samples; Appendix B: Guided Reading Observation Form; References; Index
2006 192pp paperback
978-1-57110-463-2
£24.99
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