Leadership for Literacy Coaching

PCG Education's Leadership for Literacy Services is a customized workshop series with principals and/or literacy teams throughout the district focused on implementing the components of the Leadership Model for Improving Adolescent Literacy (Irvin and Meltzer, ASCD, 2008).

• Leaders will learn how to recognize what effective content literacy instruction looks like and how to support quality literacy instruction across content areas
• Leaders will participate in a customized workshop series based on school/district goals
• Literacy Walkthrough Training for school and teacher leaders. This mini-series includes training and onsite coaching

This is a customized workshop series for administrators and literacy teams from school and district middle and high schools focused on implementing the components of the Leadership Model for Improving Adolescent Literacy.

Highly interactive sessions use templates, rubrics, and models that address the following topics. Districts select the most important topics for them to address based on identified school and district goals and PCG Education creates a customized workshop series just for you!

School and district leaders learn how to:

• Recognize what effective content literacy instruction looks like and how to support quality literacy instruction across content areas
• Conduct effective Literacy Walkthroughs and report the data in ways that generate discussion and improved teaching and learning
• Set up an effective Literacy Team
• Use the 4 E's Framework to get reluctant teachers on board
• Design effective data-driven literacy interventions
• Analyze and understand their student performance data related to reading and writing
• Build a literacy rich culture
• Foster the development of professional learning communities focused on literacy improvement
• Work with parents and the community on literacy improvement
• Establish and sustain grade level/department/team instructional agreements to support literacy improvement

Workshop series based on school and district goals. PCG Education works with data teams, team leaders, department leaders, intervention teachers, and content literacy mentors to establish systemic supports that anchor the literacy initiative to district/school curriculum, instructional priorities, and assessment.

Literacy Walkthrough Training for school and teacher leaders. This professional development includes course work and onsite coaching.