Literacy Coach Mode

Struggling to make literacy strategies stick in high school content areas? It starts with shifting who leads the conversation. In this post, I share how we moved away from top-down professional development to a distributed leadership model. Discover how we empowered content-area teachers to champion four high-leverage strategies—Background Knowledge, Vocabulary, Interactive Read Alouds, and Close Reading—to deepen student learning in every department.

Literacy Coach Mode

Moving literacy instruction beyond the English department is a challenge every coach faces. This post outlines a practical, school-wide framework for empowering content-area teachers to assess and improve comprehension within their specific disciplines. Learn how we utilized AI to lower the barrier to entry, standardized data collection for better visibility, and turned “cold reads” into a collaborative tool for driving student growth across all subjects.