Audience:
K-12 Current and prospective literacy coaches, teacher leaders, and staff developers
Course Narrative:
The Literacy Coach Network will provide training and support for B.A.I.S.D. literacy coaches and learning leaders. The training and monthly network meetings will be a venue for learning new information, sharing ideas, and promoting literacy in our region. **Educators who attend this series will receive a current resource book on Literacy Coaching.
Course Objectives:
- Participants will increase understanding of the roles and responsibilities of coaches, the change process, relationships, building literacy teams and how to deal with district mandates.
- Participants will be exposed to strategies for successful coaching, developing relationships and trust, and providing support that includes talking, thinking and processing with others.
- Participants will increase understanding of how adult learners learn.
- Participants will be provided with tools to meet the many and varied roles of a literacy coach, such as:
- Preparing for Professional Development Sessions
- Leading Data Analysis Sessions
- Leading Study Groups
- Finding Resources
- Conversations On-the-Fly
- Organizing Peer-Coaching
- Assisting with Action Research
- Doing Modeling and Demonstration
- Teaching
- Analyzing Data
Dates and Times: September 23, 2009 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
October 21, 2009 12:30 - 3:00 p.m.
November 18, 2009 12:30 - 3:00 p.m.
December 16, 2009 12: 30 - 3:00 p.m.
January 20, 2010 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
February 17, 2010 12:30 - 3:00 p.m.
March 17, 2010 12:30 - 3:00 p.m.
April 21, 2010 12:30 - 3:00 p.m.
May 19, 2010 12:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Location:
Bay-Arenac ISD Educational Service Center
Pinconning Room
4228 Two Mile Road
Bay City, MI 48706
Cost: $30
Credit:
SB-CEUs, pending approval
Maximum Participants: 12
Minimum Participants: 5
Event Questions?
Contact Janet Sopczynski
989.686.2815
sopczynskij@baisd.net
Registration Questions?
Contact Erika Rupert
989.667.3280
ruperte@baisd.net
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