The Effectiveness of Literacy Coaches
This research monograph focuses on literacy coaching within Ontario schools, noting the various roles coaches play, the improvements in student achievement that result from literacy coaching, and the collaborative relationships coaches, teachers and principals have when working together to adopt and implement various instructional strategies (Lynch & Alsop, 2007). View research monograph
Instructional Coaching Holds Promise as a Method to Improve Teachers’ Impact
Quintero (2019) explores the personalized approach of professional development (PD) coaching offers in comparison to ‘typical’ PD programming that does not always meet the needs of teachers given the generic approach; and considers the feasibility of this instructional coaching program. View web article
Lynch, J. & Alsop, S. (2007, June). The effectiveness of literacy coaches. What works? Research into practice. The Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat. Research Monograph #35. https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.495.5896&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Quintero, D. (2019, January 25). Instructional coaching holds promise as a method to improve teachers’ impact. Brown Center Chalkboard. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2019/01/25/instructional-coaching-holds-promise-as-a-method-to-improve-teachers-impact/