literacy coaching
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- Eager to try new things
- Enjoy working with colleagues
- Confident-not afraid to talk and ask about what they want to learn
- May be thinking about past initiatives and wondering how literacy coaching is different
- 10-20% of staff
- May feel hesitant to stand out from the group in their teaching practices or environment
- Can easily captivate all of the literacy coach's time
- May be overwhelmed by day-to-day concerns that prevent them from volunteering for new initiatives
- May tempt the literacy coach to focus too much on them because they are pleasant to work with
- "Lead with the need": Identify and address immediate needs of these teachers to yield speedy results.
- Might intimidate coaches who lack confidence
- Listen to and learn about past efforts of these teachers; seek to identify ways that literacy coaching should be different. Ask the teachers for help.
- Give them the same amount of attention as other groups.
- Encourage teachers to work in pairs so they are not trying new things on their own.
- Leverage this group's enthusiasm by asking them to help you try out practices new to you.
- Want nothing to do with the literacy coach
- Use teachers in this group as examples some of the time but not too often.
- Feel satisfied with their work as it is, or so dissatisfied that they don't want anyone to know
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- Usually have a history of resisting initiatives
- Encourage members of this group to share their knowledge and skill with teachers in other schools.
- 10-20% of staff
- Eager to improve but cautious about changes
- Often exert influency over colleagues that discourages colleagues from participating in literacy coaching
- Looking for quick signs of success (e.g., "OK, show me")
- May be quite vocal
- May seek clarifications about roles and expectations
- May be intimidating to the literacy coach
- 60-80% of staff
- Do not avoid these teaches.
- Do not give these teachers undue time or mental energy.
- Support these teachers in an honest and authentic manner.
- Listen to and learn about past experiences and current beliefs and practices of these teachers.
- Take your time, but don't give up.