Literacy Collaborative

Literacy Collaborative

The Art of Coaching Institute


The Art of Coaching Institute 1

Eight days: check back for dates | $2,400


This series of professional development sessions will prepare participants to use coaching as a strategy for developing instructional capacity among literacy teachers. Participants will learn to shape understandings of best practice and prompt reflection to develop more responsive teaching and greater student achievement. These sessions use a hands-on, collaborative approach and will require that participants engage in coaching between sessions.

Bring Required Texts:
  • Art of Coaching by Elena Aquilar;
  • The Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Expanded Edition by Fountas and Pinnell;
  • Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency by Fountas & Pinnell.
  • The Literacy Quick Guide: A Reference Tool for Responsive Literacy Teaching by Fountas & Pinnell (Heinemann) — ISBN 978-0-325-05128-4 / 0-325-05128-3 / 2018 / 96pp / Spiral / Grade Level: PreK - 8th.


The Art of Coaching Institute 2

April 7-8, 2021 | $550
Art of Coaching Institute Brochure

As a follow-up to The Art of Coaching Institute 1, this two-day session will deepen thinking and provide additional opportunities to develop coaching expertise through collaborative learning experiences.

Bring Required Texts:
  • Art of Coaching by Elena Aquilar
  • The Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Expanded Edition;
  • Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency by Fountas & Pinnell; and,
  • The Literacy Quick Guide: A Reference Tool for Responsive Literacy Teaching by Fountas & Pinnell (Heinemann) — ISBN 978-0-325-05128-4 / 0-325-05128-3 / 2018 / 96pp / Spiral / Grade Level: PreK – 8th



(All prices are subject to change.)