...because she had retired.Smith said she had a hard time adjusting to retirement, because her job as a Reading First literacy coach meant she worked 10-hour days and a couple of nights a week, and frequently traveled. All of a sudden there was nothing...
...33 years to Mr. Michael Clary. Mrs. Clary worked for the Richmond County Board of Education for five years as a literacy coach. She was a teacher for 30 years at Terrace Manor, Freedom Park and Copeland Elementary. She loved to teach and...
...for being the top reader in the nation in the Ticket to Read program, according to Rose Lofland, the school's literacy coach. The online reading program can be accessed at school or at home. Pupils read passages and are taught strategies...
...at Joseph R. Lamar Elementary School. "Did you know that reading can be fun?" Kimberly Mungo, the school's literacy coach, asked the pupils. They quickly responded with, "Yea!" About 100 parents and pupils attended the program that...
...should trickle down to the superintendant for instruction, coordinators, principals, instructional specialist, literacy coaches and teachers, too? If you want to fire him for the Murphey Middle School misinformation to the state, then why...
...low-achieving schools to hire literacy coaches and provide instructional materials...Excellence program, which uses a literacy coach. Until now, only three county schools had a literacy coach. "The literacy coach plays...
...library wouldn't exist if it weren't for corporate sponsorships and fund-raising efforts, said Karen Caullen, a literacy coach at Island Academy. Books are expensive and "budgets are earmarked for specific things," she said. With continual...
...emphasis is on early detection and then help for pupils having reading difficulties, said Nancy Ursrey, a district literacy coach. "With children having reading problems, we work with them one-on-one and in small groups," Ms. Ursrey said...
...board also approved the job descriptions for Georgia Reads Family Literacy Services Coordinator and the Georgia Reads Literacy Coach. Reach Ashlee Griggs at (706) 823-3552, or ashlee.griggs@augustachronicle.com.
...fourth-grade scores since 2002.Hall attributed the gains to intensive professional development for teachers and literacy coaches placed in most elementary and middle schools to help educators better teach reading to students.The district has...
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