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Literacy Coach Jumpstart
One-Day Workshop with Jennifer Allen

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Literacy Coach Jumpstart

K-5 One-Day Workshop Event

Portland, Oregon - Monday, June 29th The Governor Hotel

Portland, Maine - Tuesday, July 7th The Regency Hotel

Rockland, Maine - Saturday, October 17th The Samoset Resort

Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Fee: $295 The fee includes a copy of the 90 minute Choice Literacy Layered Coaching DVD (a $229 value) for use in workshop settings, resource binder, and a full-color CD with 54 pages of professional development resources.

Program Description

It seems like almost every elementary school is adding a literacy coach to the faculty these days - but who will coach the coaches? Literacy Coach Jumpstart is a one-day workshop designed to help K-5 literacy coaches, curriculum coordinators, and school leaders acquire the skills they need for coaching success all year long.

Workshops and presentations tackle the toughest challenges coaches face, including:

  • Creating year-long professional development goals and plans with teachers
  • Mentoring new teachers and setting up veteran-novice teacher partnerships
  • Designing and stocking a literacy resource room for teachers
  • Demonstrating model lessons and strategies in K-5 classrooms
  • Leading teacher workshops and study groups in diverse settings
  • Scheduling to maximize coaching time in classrooms and teacher growth
  • Conferring techniques that are most effective in coaching sessions
  • Integrating curriculum coaching into regularly scheduled staff meetings
  • Designing a year-long study group, coaching and assessment plan

Participants receive a wealth of print resources (over 80 pages of planning templates, budget checklists, conferring tip sheets, advice from veteran coaches, sample daily, weekly and year-long calendars) and a DVD of classroom-based vignettes of teachers in action for use in workshops. Workshop leaders take participants step-by-step through the design, implementation, and evaluation of study groups and workshops using these video resources.

The workshop will be led by:

Jennifer Allen

Literacy coach and reading specialist in Waterville, Maine and author of the best-selling Becoming a Literacy Leader: Supporting Learning and Change (Stenhouse, 2006).

This workshop has a limited enrollment of no more than 50 participants, and is a shorter version of the popular two-day "Becoming a Literacy Coach" workshop offered by Choice Literacy. If you are interested in attending, we encourage you to submit your registration and payment as soon as possible.

The fee includes a continental breakfast and snack breaks. Attendees are responsible for all travel, housing, and additional meal costs.

Look what participants are saying about previous Literacy Coaching Workshops with Jennifer Allen:

A fabulous opportunity to learn and grow in a risk-free environment. I loved every moment, and I wish we had more time to learn together.

Heidi Ford, Literacy Coach Coordinator


This was a very practical, realistic overview and in-depth workshop for coaches. We had opportunities to reflect, learn, share, and plan in a safe, professional learning community. The quality of the presentations and the honesty of the presenters were superior.

Susan Fish, Literacy Coach


Amazing! I feel so much better about what my job description is, and where I should start. It was just the right amount of information. I so appreciate anything that is presented well, and that I can use immediately.

Erin Elfing, Literacy Coach



  
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