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Reading Coach Job Description Coaching Cycle	Data Meeting Agendas (Use these as a springboard for planning your own grade levels!) Early-in-the-year Data Meeting (Each teacher completed the classroom item analysis sheet for the Harcourt Beginning of Year Benchmark Assessment. I then plugged in the numbers to a grade level item analysis sheet. Both analysis sheets can be found on the Harcourt Resources webpages on this site.) Initial Data Meeting (focus on DIBELS data)
Next Steps Commitment (I pass these out at the end of the data meeting and have teachers commit to implementing two or three ideas. These become the focus for our follow-up walkthrough.)	Walk-Throughs Walk-Throughs at Lakewood Walk-Through Observation Forms Volume of Reading Focus (Adobe format) Volume of Reading Focus (Publisher format) Sample Feedback Volume of Reading Follow-up (sample) Focus Skill and Strategy Focus (Adobe format) Focus Skill and Strategy Focus (Publisher format) Robust Vocabulary Focus (Adobe format) Robust Vocabulary Focus (Publisher format) Schedules, Pacing, and Progress Monitoring (Publisher format) Schedules, Pacing, and Progress Monitoring (Adobe format) Sample Feedback
Communicating DIBELS Results to Parents (thanks to Marceda Gordey-Lewis) End-of-Year Kindergarten End-of-Year 1st Grade End-of-Year 2nd Grade End-of-Year 3rd Grade	Weekly Pacing Calendar Report Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade
Reading Coach Articles How to Say It Like a Coach Coaching Mistakes	Harcourt and Think Central Notes from Harcourt Training Getting Started With Think Central (enrolling students step-by-step directions)
Implementing a Reading Program Tier 1 (2nd Year of Implementation) Tier 2 (2nd Year of Implementation) Tier 3 (2nd Year of Implementation) Implementation Progress (next steps for coaches) Implementing and Sustaining a Reading Program	Reading Coach Trainings Facilitator Notes for Data Analysis Training September 2009 Training October 2009 Training Research Bullets Research Bullets and Sources (SeeTiered Instruction Resources below)
Student Engagement Active Participation Powerpoint Anita Archer Powerpoint Active Participation Revised Effective Reading Instruction for Older Students Intermediate-Secondary Content Area Presentation: Active Adults Anita Archer Video Link Ideas for Student Engagement Think Time Article	Summer Reading Slump Summer Reading Gap Article
Reading Block Schedule	Essential Reading Strategies for the Struggling Reader (University of Texas at Austin)
Literacy Reports Phonological Awareness Skills Test (PAST) Sample report student with PA difficulty	Miscellaneous Help Telling b from d tip Multisyllabic Word Reading Help Decoding (Moats article) Literacy Centers (Dr. Carolyn Keasal) Tracking Tip
Literacy Center Management Plan 1 (explanation) Plan 2 (explanation)	Tiered Instruction Determining a focus in Tier 2 instruction Explanation of Tiered Instruction Difference in Small Group Instruction in Tier 1 and Tier 2