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Realizing the Potential of Literacy Coaching

Presenter: Dr. Cathy Toll
Workshop Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Registration time: 8:30 am
Registration fee: one-day $175 ($150 for Texas ASCD members)
two-day $349 ($299 for Texas ASCD members)

Dates and Locations:
Please contact our office to schedule this institute at your location.

Workshop Overview:

Literacy coaching has swept the nation, and for good reason. Literacy coaching can dramatically increase student success by enhancing teacher decision-making and instruction. However, some literacy coaching does not produce lasting success; in these programs, teachers go through the motions of making superficial changes and then quickly revert to less-successful practices and perspectives. This workshop will help you ensure that coaching in your school or district has lasting effects by providing practical strategies, supported by current research and theory, for coaching that zeroes in on teachers’ concerns, creates partnerships with teachers, makes use of data, and gauges success.

Workshop Agenda:
•    Introductions and overview
•    Coaching models, formats, and outcomes
•    Coaching for teacher learning
•    The coaching conversation
•    Coaches’ roles in professional learning communities
•    Coaching challenging people
•    Finding time for coaching
•    Successful demonstration lessons
•    Optimizing your success

Cathy Toll
Cathy Toll has over thirty years’ experience as a teacher administrator, curriculum leader, and coach. Cathy’s books for literacy coaches are best-sellers, and she has developed an international reputation as a warm, practical, and humorous presenter.

Who Should Attend:
•   Literacy coaches who are new to the job.
•   Experienced literacy coaches.
•   Principals with literacy coaches in their schools.
•   Program and curriculum leaders who work with literacy coaches.