Contains strategies for a successful literacy coaching initiative including: roles and responsibilities of literacy coaches; keys to building positive collaboration among literacy coaches, support staff, and faculty members; fundamentals of adult learning that apply in a coaching relationship; ideas to help you monitor the effectiveness of your initiative; and ways to communicate effectively to students and fellow teachers.

Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Fundamental 1: Be prepared -- Fundamental 2: Make friends -- Fundamental 3: Teach! -- Fundamental 4: Be consistent -- Fundamental 5: Keep it strong with data -- Fundamental 6: Seek first to understand -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the authors.