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The South Carolina Reading Initiative: NCTE’s Reading Initiative as a Statewide Staff Development Project
This research suggests that research-based, statewide staff development programs can have a considerable impact on the beliefs and practices of teachers and on the students who learn from them.

Literacy Coaching Clearninghouse
Sponsored by NCTE and IRA, the Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse provides access to research and best practice, enhancing the knowledge base literacy coaches rely on as they work within schools and districts to create excellent reading instruction in all classrooms. Among the site’s features are professional standards for literacy/instructional coaches, issue briefs, a library, and a blog.

NCTE Consultants Specializing in Literacy Coaching

Bring an experienced NCTE consultant to your school to help develop your literacy coaching program or to work alongside and inspire current coaches.

Literacy Coach's Desk Reference, The: Processes and Perspectives for Effective Coaching
Cathy Toll offers practical information for pre-K–12 literacy coaches on conferencing with individual teachers and groups, as well as on providing demonstration lessons, services to entire schools, and services to students.

Literacy Collaborative: A Multiyear Analysis
The Literacy Collaborative is a comprehensive school reform project designed to improve the literacy skills of elementary students. School-based literacy coordinators/coaches implement research-based approaches in their own classrooms and provide on-site professional learning experiences for their colleagues. Fall-to-fall data collection since the program launch in 1993 is used to analyze the effects of the program on student achievement.

Reading First Coaching Guide
Literacy coaching is a professional development "delivery mechanism" recommended by the U.S. Department of Education (Guidance for the Reading First Programs, 2002). This detail-rich guide for coaches and Reading First leaders is a resource provided through the North Central Regional Education Laboratory.

What IS a Literacy Coach?
In the first of six columns that will appear in the NCTE middle level journal, Voices from the Middle, the role of literacy coach is defined by column editors and illustrated by experienced middle level coach Marie Crawford. Join NCTE and subscribe to Voices from the Middle.

Separating Coaching from Supervising
Veteran literacy educator Cathy Toll works with literacy coaches across the U.S. She is clear about the differences between coaching and supervising and offers strategies that can help coaches maintain trust with their teacher colleagues, at the same time that they create and maintain good communication with principals or supervisors. English Leadership Quarterly, October 2004.

Need a place to learn more about coaching or for new ideas to support coaches and teachers in your district? Experienced coaches and "coaches of coaches" offer a "best of the best" list of professional books.

Getting Started with Literacy Coaching
The approaches that schools and districts embrace as they hire literacy coaches vary. Here are stories from three large urban districts, a medium-sized suburban district, and a statewide project in the southeast.

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