Literacy Coach Professional Development Menu
The following menu items pertain to the literacy initiatives
at BCSC. The Literacy Coaches are pleased to help teachers
develop their skills with these initiatives. With the use of
a Coaching Cycle, any BCSC teacher can call, email, or see the
Literacy Coaches to find out more information and learn all or
part of the selected items below. We will meet you where you
are and support your efforts to meet the needs of BCSC
students.
Contact the Literacy Coaches at
#Literacy_Coaches@bcsc.k12.in.us, or an individual coach as
needed:
Betsy McDonald – mcdonaldb@bcsc.k12.in.us
Sara Taylor
– taylorsa@bcsc.k12.in.us
Cheryl Hodapp – hodappc@bcsc.k12.in.us
Ruth Shipman –
shipmanr@bcsc.k12.in.us
Joli Cook – cookj@bcsc.k12.in.us
BCSC Webpage – Curriculum – Language Arts
A Taste of Literacy
READING
 “Pump It Up” writing
 Core Map/Core State
 Writing Folders
Standards
INTERVENTIONS
 Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
 Progress Monitoring
Language Arts Series
 Read
 Reading Workshop
180(Schmitt,T’ville,C
(small groups)
lifty)
 Building Blocks (K)
 Corrective Reading
 Four Blocks (1-3)
(3-6)
 Big Blocks (4-8)
 SRA (1-2)
 Language Arts
 Reading Mastery (K)
Integration
WRITING
 Book Buddies
 Writing Workshop
 Early Steps
(small groups)
 Orton Gillingham
 Kristina Smekens:
 My Reading Coach
Write/Vocab
 Lindamood-Bell
 Power Writing
 Tucker Signing
 Writing Process:
LA BIG IDEAS
Ideas/Publish
 UDL – Universal
 Six +1 Traits
Design for Learning
 Literacy Binders K-2
and 3-6
 Differentiated
Instruction
 Curriculum Mapping
support:
TechPaths, Building
Grade Level Units,
Review Process
 PLC-Prof. Learning
Communities
 Data Analysis
 How to pick ‘Just
Right Books’
 Comprehension
Strategies
 Phonemic Awareness
 Phonics
 Vocabulary
 Fluency
 Cooperative Learning
Strategies
 Poetry
 Reader’s Theater