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Literacy Collaborative Spotlight: Samantha Dormady

May 27, 2020

The Literacy Collaborative partnership builds schoolwide professional capacity focused on improving the literacy outcomes for all children. What does this mean for a teacher, interventionist, or literacy coach/teacher leader who becomes trained through Literacy Collaborative? Literacy coaches “in-training” immerse themselves into an initial year of training to refine their literacy learning and teaching. Through ongoing […]

Tags: Coaching

Literacy Collaborative Spotlight: Eugenia DeLucca

April 28, 2020

Eugenia DeLucca shares her experiences as a Primary (K-2) Literacy Collaborative trained coach for Bay Shore Public Schools.

Tags: Coaching

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