Coaching for balance how to meet the challenges of literacy coaching - Burkins, Jan Miller 1968- (Newark, Del. International Reading Association, 2007)
Introduction : the heart of coaching -- Checks and balances : the competing demands of literacy coaching -- Creating your own environment : defining your role -- Taking care of yourself : conserving your personal resources -- The organism and the organization : fostering relationships -- -- Experiencing change : necessary discomforts -- Teaching toward independence : teachers as professional learners -- Working with words : the language of classroom visitation -- Assessment literacy : learning to make sense of data -- Educating everyone : looking at difference differently -- The emotions of coaching : how does it feel to be a literacy coach?
Keywords: Literacy -- Study and teaching -- United States; Language arts teachers -- In-service training -- United States; Language arts -- United States; Reading -- United States