Literacy Coaching and Professional Development

3 credits · Peabody College - Professional

This course provides students with an overview of the literature on literacy coaching across grade levels and school contexts as well as high-leverage professional development strategies. The course is appropriate for master's students wanting to learn more about the theory and practices current coaching models rely upon to support and strengthen teachers' literacy instruction. Research and theory addressed in the course will focus on the intersection of the following fields: reading and writing instruction, adult development, professional development, the relationship between teacher quality and student achievement, teacher change, and school improvement. [3]