Strengthen your effectiveness with proven tools developed by coaches who have “been there”!

This rich compilation of ready-made tools will enhance your literacy coaching by building skills across a wide range of responsibilities such as communication, literacy research, and technology. In an engaging, no-nonsense style, veteran coach and literacy consultant Jan Miller Burkins describes how to use each tool, provides action steps with reflection questions, and explores important aspects of coaching, including: 

• Defining roles-what you are, what you are not 
• Finding your “fit” in new coaching environments 
• Using forms in ways that motivate and support teachers 
• Assessing your impact based on a school’s or district’s mandate