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"Coaching the Threads of Reading is the "how to" book that explores specifically what skills and strategies coaches should be helping teachers develop in K-12 classrooms. Not only does the book describe what effective reading instruction looks like at all levels from primary through high school, but it provides important suggestions on how to help teachers focus instruction and gradually move to independence and instructional self-confidence."

Diving is like teaching, an individual sport. Yet, a diver's overall performance counts toward the swim team's ranking, just as a teacher's success with his or her classroom influences the success of a school. A coach works to help each team member reach a personal best. Instructional Coaches (IC) serve as on-site professional developers.

On Monday, I modeled lessons in some grade one and two classrooms. I will first talk about what we did in grade 2 and where we are going. The lesson that I modeled on Monday, in grade 2, is posted below on this blog. Student is recording her representation on a thinking sheet.

Practical tools for K-12 literacy coaches, classroom teachers, and school leaders including study group guides, booklists, writing workshop advice, and professional development planners.

Jane Kise Topic: Tools for Assessing Personality Type in the Classroom

Published Online: August 16, 2011 It's not hard to find checklists that are supposed to make it easy to improve schools and classroom instruction. What's difficult is locating checklists that you can remember and that are actually useful, as I've written about before. My own list—while not necessarily easy to implement—is easy to remember.

Education 2.0 - Free Private Microblogging in the Classroom

Have you ever found yourself challenged in the classroom -- wishing you could turn to someone immediately for a guiding hand or an encouraging word? As a practicing teacher, I did. In part, that's why I worked collaboratively to research and develop virtual coaching.

The Big Four is a set of tools that instructional coaches can use as they work with teachers. The tools fall into four main categories: classroom management, content planning, instruction, and assessment for learning. CRL Workout is an opportunity for researchers to share new projects and for audience members to share their own suggestions for those projects. Researchers have 20 minutes to present their ideas, and audience members have 40 minutes to provide praise, suggestions, and other insights.