Practical Literacy Coaching(1st Edition) A Collection of Tools to Support Your Work by JanMillerBurkins Paperback, 180 Pages, Published 2009 by Corwin ISBN-13: 978-0-87207-473-6, ISBN: 0-87207-473-0
"From the author of Coaching for Balance comes this invaluable resource of tools for literacy coaches. Based on her work as a literacy coach and an instructional coach, author Jan Miller Burkins found that her colleagues were inventing and reinventing the same tools. It is this overlap that led Burkins to compile this collection of resources. Because effective literacy coaching demands competence across many levels of interaction with p ..."
"Preventing Misguided Reading Burkins and Croft help teachers prevent guided reading from going astray by presenting strategies, adaptations, and supports that help them work through common instructional problems."
Coaching for Balance(7th Edition) How to Meet the Challenges of Literacy Coaching by JanMillerBurkins, JaneBurkinshaw Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2007 by Intl Reading Assn ISBN-13: 978-0-87207-617-4, ISBN: 0-87207-617-2
"Although literacy coaches now have many more resources to turn to than they did just a few years ago, ""Coaching for Balance: How to Meet the Challenges of Literacy Coaching"" moves beyond simply addressing literacy instruction to addressing the pedagogy of coaching. This practical resource highlights the competing demands that administrators, teachers, and school communities place on literacy coaches, and how coaches might discover bal ..."
"In their follow-up to "Reading Wellness," Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris explore how some traditional scaffolding practices may actually rob students of important learning opportunities and independence. "Who s Doing the Work?" suggests ways to make small but powerful adjustments to instruction that hold students accountable for their own learning. Educators everywhere are concerned about students whose reading development inexplicably plat ..."
"Feeling exhausted after guided reading? Are you working tirelessly while your students aren’t even breaking a sweat? Do you ever wonder if other teachers feels the same way you do about guided reading—that it’s not working the way you think it should? You are not alone. There seems to be much confusion surrounding guided reading—the term even means something different from school to school. Now you can turn to the 50 years of collective ..."
""This book addresses a student-centered, middle ground point of view in the "reading wars" with an eye towards grades 3-5, that looks on these disagreements as opportunities for evolution instead of justifications for divisiveness."
" When teachers talk about what they want for students, “a love for reading” is inevitably near the top of the list. Even as they work to ensure students’ continuing progress as readers, what ignites passion more than anything is the chance to instill confidence, curiosity, and joy in students. In Reading Wellness, Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris will remind you why you became a teacher in the first place. They want children and teachers to th ..."
Preventing Misguided Reading(2nd Edition) New Strategies for Guided Reading Teachers by JanMillerBurkins Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2010 by Corwin Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87207-828-4, ISBN: 0-87207-828-0
"Prevent guided reading from going astray in your classroom! Through the 50 years of collective experience of authors Jan Burkins and Melody Croft, you'll resolve confusion about guided reading and improve your instruction.Burkins and Croft present personal clarifications, adaptations, and supports that helped them work through their own tricky spots as they guided readers. The book's six chapters clarify misunderstandings about guided r ..."
Shifting the Balance 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading Into the Balanced Literacy Classroom by JanMillerBurkins, Kari Yates 200 Pages, Published 2021 ISBN-13: 978-1-62531-511-3, ISBN: 1-62531-511-2
"In this leading-edge book, authors Jan Burkins and Kari Yates address this tension as a critical opportunity to look closely at the research, reevaluate current practices, and embrace new possibilities for an even stronger enactment of ..."
"Confused about guided reading? There’s help on the way! Feeling exhausted after guided reading? Are you working tirelessly while your students aren't even breaking a sweat? Do you ever wonder if other teachers feel the same way you do about guided reading—that it's just not working the way you think it should? With 50 years of collective experience, authors Jan Miller Burkins and Melody Croft can help you prevent guided reading from ..."