Coaching for Content Literacy
Promote equity for all learners through high-impact content literacy strategies
The pandemic’s lasting impact on education has highlighted the tremendous need to close the achievement gap that continues to affect at-risk learners. Coaches play a vital role in ensuring that all students experience success in the classroom, providing the link between equity, high-quality curriculum and instructional materials, and implementation in classrooms in order to address and close learning gaps across all levels.
This eight-week course provides experienced coaches and teacher leaders the opportunity to collaboratively tie their coaching work directly to high-quality content. Led by expert coaches Wanda Mangum and Kelly Wegley, participants in this course will acquire knowledge and skills focused on promoting equity for all learners through high-impact content literacy strategies. Add practices to your coaching toolkit that increase your ability to support teachers to implement strategies that promote student listening, speaking, reading, and writing at high levels.
Each week of this course will build on facets of content literacy and content coaching practice that support teacher understanding and implementation. Sessions will focus on questions and tasks that prepare all students to be powerful, self-directed learners. Participants will apply what they learn about content literacy as they practice coaching skills.
Participants in this course will be able to:
- Explain and model rigorous content literacy instruction that is tied to a deep understanding of curriculum that promotes equity for all learners.
- Apply content literacy-specific coaching skills, methods, and stances to facilitate teacher learning and application.
- Support teachers to develop a comprehensive understanding of high-level literacy instruction that promotes equity for all students.
Course Facilitator
Wanda Mangum has served students, teachers, and parents for over 30 years in Georgia as a K-5 special education teacher, K-7 reading specialist, Reading Recovery teacher, and K-12 district language arts instructional coach for Gwinnett County Public Schools. Currently, Wanda is supporting district leaders, teacher leaders, and instructional coaches as a senior consultant for Learning Forward as she facilitates the Coaches Academy. In addition, she collaborates with elementary and middle school teachers when modeling literacy practices for BBB Educational Enterprises, Inc. Wanda currently serves on the Learning Forward Georgia Board as the secretary.
Kelly Wegley has served Worthington Public Schools in Columbus, Ohio for 30 years as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, and director of academic achievement and professional learning. As a senior consultant for Learning Forward, Kelly facilitates the Coaches Academy and has supported the design of teacher team materials in a virtual/blended format. She is also a designer and lead facilitator for virtual and in-person Mentor Academies. Kelly currently serves on the Learning Forward Ohio Board as co-treasurer.