Michael Singletary Co.

START this school year with confidence & a coaching plan! ✨💫⭐️

There’s nothing worse than stressing about what your coaching role is supposed to look like, or what you’re actually supposed to be doing, especially if you’re the only coach.

Starting with a step by step plan is a critical in keeping your stress level down & getting results!

Thinking about ALL the moving parts can be stressful.

You need a coaching system you can implement one step at a time.

This is exactly what you’ll learn in my on demand workshop.

You’ll learn:
✅ Communication skills that ensure BUY-IN (not what you think!)
✅organizational change process
✅What coaching IS & is NOT
Coaching moves & strategies
✅How to plan your first month
✅Must do assessments & data protocols
✅How to implement coaching cycles
✅How to work with resistant teachers

…and more!

You’ll leave the workshop with a coaching system, communication skills and an implementation plan that gets results!

✅Comment “kickstart” to learn all the details.

If you still aren’t sure, just send me a DM to see if this on-demand workshop is for you! 💫

🤝This is NOT a solo job! Can’t wait to connect with you!

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🤩It’s time to start thinking about how you will introduce or re-establish your role as the instructional coach!

Whether you’re brand new, moving to a new school or wanting to re-establish or revamp your coaching program in your school…

NOW is the time to start planning!

🧁Cupcakes, 🍪Cookies or ☕️Coffee With the Coach is a GREAT way to do this!

It’s a meeting with each teacher or grade level team where you share what your role is, how you’re going to offer support, a time to start collecting feedback of their needs & start building relationships!

This would also be a great time to share a needs survey with them, too!

You could also prepare slides that explain your services, share a coaching menu & explain how they should sign up for coaching. (A free scheduler would be great for that!)

✅🧁Comment “cupcake” & I’ll send you the link to the editable invite templates right now! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

🤩If you’re already a coach or a school leader, what would you add?

Let’s share ideas!

✅ Come join my private Facebook group: Literacy Coaching Support to keep the conversation going! Comment “Collaboration” & I’ll send you the join link! Just be sure to answer the join questions to be approved!

This is what I’m currently listing to today. Share your thoughts below!

‎Triple R Teaching: [Listen again] Structured literacy in kindergarten: An interview with Kate Winn on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Triple R Teaching, Ep [Listen again] Structured literacy in kindergarten: An interview with Kate Winn - Oct 22, 2023

Another great podcast to share: 🙌

‎Triple R Teaching: Making change at the school level: A conversation with Reena Mathew on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Triple R Teaching, Ep Making change at the school level: A conversation with Reena Mathew - Sep 10, 2023

Great podcast episode of what structured literacy looks like in a first grade classroom! One of my favorite podcasts by the way! Go check it out if you haven’t!

‎Triple R Teaching: What structured literacy looks like in first grade on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Triple R Teaching, Ep What structured literacy looks like in first grade - Aug 27, 2023

Just some literacy current events to keep us in the know….

Reading Recovery Sues Ohio Over Ban on 'Cueing' in Literacy Instruction The state is a key market for the teacher-training organization, which has used now-banned, context-based reading methods in its program.

Thank you for a GREAT conference!

I’m so excited to be part of this literacy initiative! I have so many take aways to share with you all over the next few days but one that I’ll share now is that it all starts with love and compassion. Kareem Weaver kicked off the conference with this message.

We do this work because we love children and they deserve the best.

We change our practices because we love children and they deserve the best.

When we argue and fight over best practices, kids don’t win, no one wins.

We do this work because there are teachers, school administrators and school district leaders who need this information in their hands to make system decisions that impact students at scale.

We do this work because it truly changes futures…it actually changes a person’s life! Think about that. It matters and it’s urgent.

The big take away: each of our roles, no matter how big or small, matters. It really, really matters.

Kareem Weaver said it best, if you impact “only” 6 teachers/students each day, that’s enough. Do it and do it well!

I’m recharged to continue this work in my own district and to continue supporting and sharing with you all!

I invite you to stick around to learn and share, too!

Explicit writing instruction, YES PLEASE! Come join the book study!

I’ve been working really, really hard on supporting teachers and coaches with SoR based reading instruction and we are starting to see so much progress! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

I’m now starting to get lots of questions about explicit writing instruction in my own district as well as online. 🙌🙌🙌

Soooo….I decided it’s time to dive more into explicit writing instruction as well and to start sharing what I’m learning and implementing!

If you want to join me and this awesome literacy community, please keep reading! We’d love to network and collab with you!

If you’re interested in joining this book study, come on over to my private FB group: Literacy Coach Support so you can join in on the weekly live sessions!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/375743439724961/?ref=share_group_link

Also, we will talk about this book on our next Literacy Leadership Collaborative on Sunday, October 8th at 7:00 EST via zoom!

Make sure to answer the membership “join” questions to be approved!

Instructional Coaching Endorsement here we come!!! 🤪🙃

Stick around to go on the coaching endorsement journey with me throughout this school year!

I really, really just needed one more thing to add to my plate! 🤦🏻‍♀️ 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

But…as I’ve been sharing a lot lately, there’s a huge need for supporting coaches and for coaches to support teachers more than ever before, so the instructional coaches in my district will work through a coaching endorsement together!

Raise your hand in the comments or DM me if you’re interested in hearing the details!

Oh the places literacy takes you!

Recently I attended a national literacy training in Nashville, TN and was able to network and collaborate with literacy leaders from all over the U.S.

A resounding common thread was that no matter the size of the state, district, school or the support positions put in place, we are all working to solve the same literacy challenges and recognize the importance and URGENCY for STRONG LITERACY coaches and literacy leadership.

No longer should we accept “winging it” as the norm. Intentionality is in the details and that’s where we will get results!

Over the years through trainings like that one and this amazing online literacy instructional leadership community, the most useful tool has always been being able to pick the brains of others who are ahead of me or trying strategies shared or implementing systems that maybe I’d never even thought of.

Attending this conference inspired me to create a FREE Literacy Instructional Leadership Collaborative for literacy coaches, literacy instructional leaders, school leaders supporting literacy, literacy teacher leaders and aspiring literacy leaders to come together to collaborate!

The meeting will be hosted monthly on Zoom. The first session is Sunday, Sept 3rd at 7:00 EST.

To learn more click the link below!

https://www.principalteacherco.com/event-details/literacy-instructional-coach-collaborative