New IRA book addresses coaching issues

 The Literacy Coach's Compansion, PreK-3 by Maryann Mraz, Bob Algozzine, and Brian Kessel highlights the expanding role of literacy coaches in implementing early and elementary literacy programs. The authors present practitioner-friendly guidelines and evidence-based strategies for sustained professional development, protocols for classroom observations and teacher conferences, and vignettes offering solutions to common coaching challenges.

This new resource, copublished by IRA and Corwin Press, illustrates how coaching professionals can define an effective, proactive role in promoting literacy initiatives; strengthen content knowledge and coaching skills to support teachers’ efforts and students’ literacy development; collaborate with teachers and school leaders to establish productive learning communities; and communicate the coach’s changing role to administrators.

The Literacy Coach's Companion, PreK-3 (IRA stock no. 9199) is available at a cost of $22.95 for IRA members and $28.95 for nonmembers. To browse the book's contents, to read a sample chapter, or to order, visit the following page on the IRA website.