This blog provides some valuable tips and tools for literacy coaches, written by a practicing literacy coach. The 4 tips featured in the link above are practical and basic, ideal for the beginning literacy coach.

This video documents the conversation between a first grade teacher and a literacy coach. The video serves as an excellent model for initial one on one meetings with teachers to begin the literacy coaching cycle.

This PDF published online defines the role of the literacy coach and cycle in which the coach will operate. This would be an excellent resource for introducing school-wide staff to the function and expectations of a new literacy coach.

This site provides a variety of useful tools for a literacy coach to use for planning, meeting and organizing. Included on this site is a document that guides the literacy coach in planning a lesson with the cooperating teacher, note-taking document for observation of the lesson and a debriefing sheet for reflection after the lesson is taught.