...Jessica Murdter-Atkinson; Elizabeth Colquitt Ries Purpose This study examines how preservice teachers (PTs) understand, value and enact culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP) within a field-based literacy methods course. Specifically, we investigate how peer coaching structures, such as co-planning...

...Jadelyn Abbott; Katherine Landau Wright; Hannah Carter Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify if and how K–6 teachers perceive that their literacy instructional coaches influence their writing teaching. Design/methodology/approach The authors employed a parallel convergent mixed...

... of individualized support in the school setting for principals, teachers and students (Coggins et al., 2003 ; Deussen et al., 2007). Coaching in literacy is built on the practice of coaching in sports. The term instructional coach used in this paper refers to the educator who engages in literacy...

...Rosemarye T. Taylor; Bryan S. Zugelder; Patricia Bowman Purpose Literacy coaches can play a valuable role in the improvement of student learning outcomes. The authors’ purpose is to describe their time use, student learning, and principals’ understanding leading to advocacy for development...