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Coaching Role Description

Purpose: To design and facilitate effective professional learning opportunities.

Practices include, but are not limited to:

Providing professional development

Facilitating other forms of professional development (e.g., teacher-led PD; school-led PD)

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READ - BCSD Guide to Professional Learning (linked below)

DISCUSS - p. 3 Discuss what "topics" Literacy Coaches are the "contact" for in regards to professional learning in BCSD according to this document.

DO - Share with your mentor if you need further training and/or information about these specific topics.

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READ - BCSD Literacy Plan (linked below)

DISCUSS - Discuss any questions you may have in regards to the expectations outlined in the BCSD Literacy Plan

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READ - School-Based Literacy Reflection Tool (*All elementary schools submitted their individual literacy goals in April based on the SC Literacy Reflection Tool. The SC Literacy Reflection Tool is linked below)

DISCUSS - Discuss the 3 Goal Areas and Action Steps outlined on p. 13

DO - Brainstorm/Create a strategic action plan with your mentors support on how you will tackle the goal areas throughout the school year.

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R2S Primary and Elementary Reflection Tool Nov 2017 (Benjamin, Rikki L)

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READ - HPLC Implementation Rubric: Observable Characteristics of High Progress Literacy Classrooms by South Carolina Literacy Initiatives

DISCUSS - Discuss 1.) Areas of strength within your school, grade levels, etc. 2.) Areas of improvement within your school, grade levels, etc.

DO - Based on the strengths and areas to improve, how could you provide "differentiated" professional development (i.e. whole group training, small group workshops, book study groups, virtual/recorded training, etc.)?

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InfoGraphics - Adult Learning Theory by Malcom Knowles

DISCUSS - Discuss the 5 Characteristics of Adult Learning and how these assumptions influence how we, as Literacy Coaches, provide/facilitate adult learning opportunities.

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READ - 8 Impact Team Protocols by Bloomberg & Pitchford (linked below)

DISCUSS - Discuss how the 8 Impact Team Protocols can help to guide PLC's and provide structure to collective inquiry. Share with your mentor the strengths and focus areas of your PLC's.

DO - Use the protocols as a guide and structure to plan and facilitate future PLC's.

Book Title: Leading Impact Teams: Building a Culture of Efficacy

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READ - Impact Team Pre-Assessment by Bloomberg & Pitchford (linked below)

DO - Complete Pre-Assessment

DISCUSS - Discuss which components need improvement.

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CHECKLIST: Coaches Checklist for Group Professional Development by McKenna & Walpole

DO: Take time to reflect with your mentor on the professional development you provided up to this point.

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Coaches Checklist for Group Professional Develeopment

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READ - Sweeney Chapter 9: Engaging the Adult Learner

DISCUSS - #1 Coaching Across Generation, #2 Coaching Across Gender, #3 Coaching Across Career Cycle , #4 Coaching Across Processing Styles

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Sweeney Chpt 9 Engaging the Adult Learner 

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Presentation: Review the following presentation - Adults as Learners: Effective Teaching Strategies by University of Minnesota

DISCUSS - Discuss Tips & Strategies you plan to use to enhance the professional learning experiences you provide.

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READ - Sample Book Study Guide

PURPOSE: The purpose of a Book Study Group is to bring educators together to collaborate using the latest research as a springboard to promote conversations that will lead to the application of new ideas in classrooms and improvement of existing skills.

DISCUSS: Discuss current literature that aligns with your school-based goals. How could you design a Book Study Group using this literature?