Integrate literacy content with the "how-to" of coaching!

September 28, 2007 (Gainesville, FL) — Dr. Nancy Boyles integrates literacy instruction and coaching in a step-by-step guide for all literacy coaches. Using the explicit instruction model—and complete with ready-to-use strategies, charts, checklists, protocols, and teaching scenarios—this book guides coaches to learn:

The content of literacy coaching
*Setting the stage for literacy learning, building literacy knowledge, and
reinforcing literacy knowledge
*Creating and managing a literacy-rich classroom environment
*Identifying when literacy instruction goes off track

The “how-to” of literacy coaching
*Adapting techniques to fit teachers’ personalities
*Intervening with strategies to address common problems
*Applying coaching principles
*Analyzing literacy instruction through teaching scenarios

Dr. Boyles’ systematic approach, study guide questions, and coaching scaffolds make Hands-On Literacy Coaching a powerful tool for professional development. An additional interactive component allows coaches to read more about the scenarios and to contribute their own insights online at http://www.maupinhouse.com/boylesanalyses.php.

For literacy coaches, administrators, and teachers of all grade levels.

About the Author
Dr. Nancy N. Boyles is a professor and the graduate reading coordinator at Southern Connecticut State University. She is a national consultant on literacy coaching, reading comprehension, written response to text, and the craft of writing. Dr. Boyles also is the author of Teaching Written Response to Text, Constructing Meaning through Kid-Friendly Comprehension Strategy Instruction, and That’s a Great Answer! Teaching Literature Response to K-3, ELL and Struggling Readers (Maupin House, 2007).

ISBN-13: 978-0-929895-53-6
176 pages / $23.95 / Trim size: 8.5” x 11”

Audience: Literacy Coaches, Teachers, Administrators of all grades, Districts
Initial Run: 3,000