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The Common Core Coaching Book

Strategies to Help Teachers Address the K-5 ELA Standards
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This book provides essential coaching tools to support teachers in planning and implementing instruction aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The authors explain the key instructional shifts brought about by the CCSS in K-5 English language arts classrooms. Eighteen specific strategies for coaching large groups, small groups, and individual teachers are presented, including clear-cut procedures, vivid illustrative examples, and 28 reproducible forms. Grounded in research on adult learning, the book addresses common coaching challenges and how to overcome them. The large-size format facilitates photocopying; purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.
I. Coaching toward the Common Core 1. Getting Ready for Coaching 2. Tools for Effective Coaching II. Large-Group Coaching toward the Common Core Strategy 1. Establishing a Climate for Literacy Coaching Strategy 2. Building Shared Understanding and Language Strategy 3. Conducting an Article Study Group Strategy 4. Providing Professional Development at Faculty Meetings Strategy 5. Unpacking the Common Core Standards Strategy 6. Examining the Vertical Alignment of the Common Core Standards Strategy 7. Presenting Powerful Professional Development III. Small-Group Coaching toward the Common Core Strategy 8. Developing Implementation Guides for the Common Core Standards Strategy 9. Reviewing Assessment Data to Plan Instruction Strategy 10. Examining Student Work Strategy 11. Reviewing Units of Study Strategy 12. Conducting a Lesson Study IV. Individual Coaching toward the Common Core Strategy 13. Setting Goals Strategy 14. Modeling Strategy 15. Co-Planning Strategy 16. Co-Teaching Strategy 17. Observing Strategy 18. Implementing the Coaching Cycle V. Putting It All Together: Profiles of Highly Effective Literacy Coaches Profile 1. Establishing and Maintaining Administrator Support Profile 2. Getting into Classrooms Profile 3. Working with Hesitant Teachers Profile 4. Staying the Course Profile 5. Embedding Coaching into Other Assigned Duties Profile 6. Organizing for Success Final Thoughts
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