Cultivating Coaching Mindsets: An Action Guide for Literacy Leaders - Softcover

Bean, Rita; Ippolito, Jacy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1941112331 ISBN 13: 9781941112335

Publisher: Learning Sciences International, 2016

Synopsis

Many educators in schools have coaching responsibilities. These literacy leaders, including reading specialists, teacher-leaders, literacy coaches, and administrators, are working to develop, implement, and sustain powerful schoolwide literacy programs. They're remodeling schools to help provide highly effective, rigorous teaching and learning. To do all of this, they need to wear many hats, serving as leaders, facilitators, designers, and advocates. In Cultivating Coaching Mindsets, authors Rita Bean and Jacy Ippolito lay out a detailed framework to help literacy leaders promote the advancement of literacy instruction that improves and deepens learning. They discuss ways to build trust with teachers, both individually and in groups, in a collaborative effort to: • Establish a school culture that promotes shared leadership and collegiality • Help teachers use data to improve instruction and literacy learning • Ensure that everyone maintains a focus on lifelong learning • Work with families, communities, individuals, and the system simultaneously The authors take a detailed look at the coaching observation cycle, exploring the pre-conversation, observation, analysis, and post-conversation steps. They also explore facilitation techniques for providing meaningful feedback while respecting teachers' views and knowledge-supporting teachers as they build their capacity to reflect on and improve literacy learning for all students.

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About the Author

Rita M. Bean, PhD, is professor emerita of the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Instruction and Learning. For over twenty-five years, she taught students preparing to be reading specialists and served as director of the Reading Center. Prior to joining the university, she taught at the elementary level and served as reading coordinator (K-12), the role which stimulated her interest in coaching to support teacher professional learning. Bean has focused her research on the role and impact of reading specialists and literacy coaches in schools. She served as co-director of a large-scale evaluation study of a literacy initiative in Pennsylvania that included coaching as a major approach for professional learning. She has also participated in several national studies that have resulted in position statements about the role of reading specialists and literacy coaches (International Literacy Association). She received her bachelor's degree from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and her master's and doctorate degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Bean received the University of Pittsburgh's Distinguished Teacher Award and the Chancellor's Distinguished Service Award for her community and outreach efforts to improve literacy. In 2009, she was elected to the Reading Hall of Fame and is currently serving as its president.

Edition details

• Publisher: Learning Sciences International
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1941112331
• ISBN 13: 9781941112335
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304