Surviving but Not Yet Thriving: Essential Questions and Practical Answers for Experienced Literacy Coaches

by Cathy Toll

From the bestselling author of The Literacy Coach's Survival Guide comes this indispensable resource offering solutions to the unique issues that experienced literacy coaches face. You'll find help on topics such as gauging your effectiveness, working within the parameters of state and federal mandates and the climate of high-stakes testing, and moving past previous mistakes and moving forward in a positive direction. Cathy A. Toll gives you practical information in conversational language, focusing particularly on big-picture views of literacy coaching, coaches attitudes and perspectives, and other aspects of literacy coaching that may lead to ongoing struggles for experienced literacy coaches. In addition, this book provides suggestions for those who work with and support literacy coaches. Classroom examples, reproducibles, and a narrative bibliography make this book even more reader-friendly. The International Reading Association is the world's premier organization of literacy professionals. Our titles promote reading by providing professional development to continuously advance the quality of literacy instruction and research. Research-based, classroom-tested, and peer-reviewed, IRA titles are among the highest quality tools that help literacy professionals do their jobs better. Some of the many areas we publish in -Comprehension
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151 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Lindsay Deacon]

Did this book have useful information and tools I can apply to my profession? Yes. Did it have irrelevant information that didn't apply to me? Sometimes. Did I find myself still thinking about this book after I put it down? Not really.
Now if I were a Literacy Coach that literally was just surviving, maybe this book would be a godsend - but every time "partnership" was discussed, it felt like like a partnership and more like pandering to teacher or administration no matter how much the author swore that wasn't the case. The reality is that if you don't like to work with people, or can't check your ego out the door, you probably shouldn't be coaching and thus shouldn't need a book like this.