Graduate Research Papers

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Open Access Graduate Research Paper

Keywords

Literacy--Study and teaching (Elementary); Reading teachers--In-service training;

Abstract

Literacy coaches must understand the sometimes subtle nuances in the language used to guide teachers in order to build their instructional capacity and ultimately increase student achievement. This article examines the coaching stances of "coaching, teaching and telling" that move along a continuum of support provided through a coaching framework for a literacy coach and her elementary teachers. Analysis of coaching practice was accomplished through a process of self-study and reflection that examined language over a three month period of coaching cycles. Rodgers and Rodgers outline three characteristics of effective coaching conversations that provide the catalyst of action to move the coaching practice forward and engage teachers in their own inquiry.

Year of Submission

2015

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Education

Department

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

First Advisor

Salli Forbes

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Date Original

2015

Object Description

1 PDF file (16 pages)

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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