/24-7PressRelease/ - GAINESVILLE, FL, September 28, 2007 - Using the explicit instruction model, this book guides coaches to learn:
The content of literacy coaching
*Creating and managing a literacy-rich classroom
*Identifying when literacy instruction goes off track
The "how-to" of literacy coaching
*Adapting techniques to fit teachers' personalities
*Intervening with strategies for common problems
*pplying coaching principles
*Analyzing instruction through teaching scenarios
Boyles' systematic approach, study guide questions, and coaching scaffolds make Hands-on Literacy Coaching a powerful tool for professional development, complete with ready-to-use strategies, charts, checklists, protocols, and teaching scenarios.
Continue the coaching conversation online with Nancy Boyles at http://www.maupinhouse.com/boylesanalyses.php.
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
About Maupin House
Maupin House publishes professional resources for K-12 educators with a focus on writing craft, writing workshop, reading comprehension, language arts, G.U.M. skills, and research process. Please contact us at (800) 524-0634.
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