Leadership Coaching is designed for schools & districts to build teacher leader capacity and sustain Reading Apprenticeship. Participants will acquire tools to lead school-based meetings, as well as a deeper understanding of Reading Apprenticeship.
Description
A small group of up to ten teacher leaders, coaches, and administrators who have previously participated in Phases 1 and 2 of Reading Apprenticeship professional learning come together for two days.
Format
Participants will examine, support, and plan for their leadership role as well as refine their Reading Apprenticeship practice. This multi-layered approach includes review of participant generated artifacts, video cases, professional reading, and a deep dive into the core text, Leading for Literacy. Participants reflect on the needs of their school teams and create plans to support Reading Apprenticeship in their specific context.
This service is recommended for sites that have been implementing Reading Apprenticeship for one year or more.
Requirements
- Substitutes to release teacher leaders who have classroom duties, as applicable
- Group meeting space
- Basic audio/video equipment (to show videos, etc)
- Teacher leaders bring the following:
- Implementation successes and challenges
- Text from their classroom
- Student work
- Text for planning
- Personal copy of Reading for Understanding
- Instructional Coaches and Administrators not in the classroom bring the following:
- Implementation successes and challenges
- Work from a teacher they are supporting (if possible)
- Personal copy of Reading for Understanding
Location & Scheduling
This service can be scheduled at your convenience. Contact us for more information.
Cost & Included Resources
- Costs for coaching are based on the number of participants, training days, and the number of trips that facilitators make to your location — contact us for more information
Your organization provides:
- Meeting rooms
- Audio/visual resources
WestEd provides:
- One Reading Apprenticeship coach for up to ten attendees per group (travel included)
- One folder of materials per participant
- Ten copies of Leading for Literacy
Federal funding: The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) recognizes four levels of evidence. The top three levels require findings of a statistically significant effect on improving student outcomes or other relevant outcomes. Based on the law’s definition, Reading Apprenticeship qualifies as a “strong” evidenced-based professional development model that states, districts and schools can utilize to advance their specific adolescent literacy initiatives. To support these efforts, state and local leaders can look to braid federal funding streams such as Title I, Title II-Part A and B, and Title III.