Staff Development with the Comprehension Toolkits

"This staff development resource helps coaches and administrators maximize teacher effectiveness through collaborative and collegial staff development."

Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis, and Angela Butler Schroden Teachers matter. Effective comprehension instruction is more than a handful of reading strategies. As critical as these strategies are, Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis have long held that it is the teacher who makes the difference. Staff Development with The Comprehension Toolkits builds on this understanding in a unique collaboration with Angela Butler Schroden, the district reading specialist who helped implement The Comprehension Toolkit series across Hillsborough County, Florida, one of the largest school districts in the United States. Designed for literacy coaches, reading specialists, and administrators, this multimedia resource offers an insider's view of how Angela and others in her district supported teachers as they launched comprehension instruction and sustained active literacy practices.

Framed around five coaching structures-workshops, study groups, demonstration teaching, co-teaching, and one-to-one coaching-each of the seven core chapters describes how to plan staff development around the foundational ideas and practices that shape Toolkit instruction. The accompanying CD-ROM provides all the tools you'll need to implement effective coaching sessions, including three customizable PowerPoint presentations. While providing a collaborative forum to explore the "whats and whys" of The Comprehension Toolkit, the professional development practices in this resource serve as analytical tools and frameworks for enhancing teaching craft.

Learn more about the Comprehension Toolkit series at ComprehensionToolkit.com

The Comprehension Toolkit series helps you teach nonfiction reading strategies in a variety of instructional settings.

Whole-Group Instruction

Grades K-2: The Primary Comprehension Toolkit

Grades K-2: The Primary Comprehension Toolkit Bundle (includes Trade Book Pack)

Grades 3-6: The Comprehension Toolkit

Grades 3-6: The Comprehension Toolkit Bundle (includes Trade Book Pack)

Small-Group Instruction

Grades K-2: Small-Group Lessons for The Primary Comprehension Toolkit

Grades 3-6: Small-Group Lessons for The Comprehension Toolkit

Short Nonfiction for Guided Reading and Independent Practice

Grades PreK-1: Toolkit Texts

Grades 2-3: Toolkit Texts

Grades 4-5: Toolkit Texts

Grades 6-7: Toolkit Texts

ELL Support

Grades K-2: Scaffolding The Primary Comprehension Toolkit for English Language Learners

Grades 3-5: Scaffolding The Comprehension Toolkit for English Language Learners

Staff Development

Staff Development with The Comprehension Toolkits

Resources for PLCs

Inquiry Circles in Elementary Classrooms DVD

Inquiry Circles in Middle and High School Classrooms DVD

Save with Teacher Packs

The Primary Comprehension Toolkit Teacher Pack

The Comprehension Toolkit Teacher Pack