A Literacy Coach’s Playbook: Building a Winning Team to Improve Student Achievement

A Literacy Coach’s Playbook provides a clear blueprint for literacy coaches to implement a school-wide literacy plan that includes the entire school community, especially teachers, in transforming literacy instruction.

This book introduces the Clinical Literacy Coaching Framework (CLCF), an exciting new approach to literacy coaching and leadership that is aligned with the International Literacy Association’s standards for literacy professionals.

Grounded in research and experiences from the field, the CLCF implements a distributed leadership model for K–12 schools in which all teachers are involved in providing and receiving coaching. It differs from other literacy coaching models because it provides practical ways to establish buy-in and distribute leadership among all colleagues. Various tools, resources, links to videos, and examples of applications in schools will help coaches differentiate their work and develop colleagues' collective efficacy for literacy instruction and leadership.

This timely text reflects the new expectations and responsibilities that educators are experiencing in today’s schools and will leave readers feeling empowered and equipped to support their students and teachers.

Book Features:

• Coaching responsibilities and tasks annotated with ILA standards.
• Guiding Questions at the beginning of each chapter.
• Pause, Ponder, and Note opportunities throughout the text to orient readers.
• Spotlights on Coaching at the elementary and secondary levels demonstrate concepts in action.
• Figures and appendices provided throughout to support the implementation of the CLCF and coaching work.
• The end of each chapter offers a Reflect and Self-Assess section that includes self-efficacy scale items to support the coach/leader’s confidence in their performance of coaching tasks.

Adam Brieske-Ulenski is an associate professor of reading education and chairperson of the Elementary and Early Childhood Education Department at Bridgewater State University. Michelle J. Kelley is a professor of reading in the College of Community Innovation and Education at the University of Central Florida.