1. Presented by Deanna Texel, District Coordinator of Reading First for Pinellas County Schools and Shirley Bair and Bette Groves, Literacy Staff Developers June, 2008

2. Introductions: Deanna Texel Shirley Bair Bette Groves

3. District Reading First Support for Reading First Coaches Building capacity over the 5 years of the grant. Focusing on sustainability through “Clusters for Coaches.”

4. 2002-2003 –38 Reading First Schools with one District Staff Developer for support 2003-2004 –same 2004-2005 –54 Reading First Schools with two District Staff Developers for support 2005-2006 –same 2006-2007 –same

5. Briefly… collegial coaching each other for sustainability More information later on

6. August, 2007 – Vision September, 2007 – Sign Up October, 2007 – History Made

7. Building capacity over the 5 years of our Reading First grant.

8. Looks like: Grade-level Walkthroughs, Observations of Word Work lessons and modeling of Read Aloud with Accountable Talk, while taking notes on graphic organizers. Plus FREE BOOKS for our Book Study of engaging picture books to plan for future quality coaching moments back at the ranch!

9. To build on our strengths so that our weaknesses would disappear, we gradually released who was doing the hard work individually. To build more collaboration and working smarter, we offered other models through site-based observations and conversations.

10. Sounds like: Sharing Collegial Conversations filled with lots of COMPLIMENTS and Questions, Connections and Comments, while Agreeing and Disagreeing during Pre- Conferences, Debriefs, Viewing Videotapes and Analyzing Literature Books. Smells and Tastes like: SNACKS!

19. Testimonials from those who served as a… Hostess or as a Participant

20. Let’s stop and THINK! Discuss with a partner about HOW it might work for your professional development plan. Quiet Writing for your Reflective Thinking to create your own Action Plan!

21. What are you wondering?

22. Please complete 1 or 2 of the sentence stems on our REFLECTIONS sheet at the back of your packet for our feedback. Thank you!

23. For further information, please feel free to contact us at the Region I Office 2499 – 25 th Street South St. Petersburg, FL 33712 bairs@pcsb.org grovesb@pcsb.org