Literacy Coaching: Learning to Collaborate

Explore the possibilities for teacher development and student learning with celebrated educator, Barbara Walker! Drawing on her experiences with both pre-service and practicing teachers, Walker discusses the importance of learning to collaborate within the school and during classroom interactions while presenting literacy coaches and teachers with the “cycle of literacy coaching”, a step-by-step process for adapting classroom instruction to increase learning. She also outlines best practice strategies for implementation, including the multiple decisions that teachers make before, during, and after a literacy lesson.