Literacy
English Language Arts, Early Literacy, and Content Literacy, Disciplinary Literacy
Who We Serve
- Individual or group of classroom teachers (grade level, department, etc.)
- Non-teacher support staff
- School building or district administrator
- School building or district leadership team
What We Do
MAISD ELA consulting and coaching supports educators in implementing high-quality instruction in the areas of ELA and literacy standards, practices, and assessments. Access tools to support the Essential Literacy Practices for grades Pre-K, K-3, 4-5, 6-12, elementary coaching, and school-wide leadership at literacyessentials.org. We strive to:
- Deliver high-quality, aligned literacy instruction to all students K-12
- Serve leaders and literacy teachers with the goal of increasing student proficiency
Examples of Service
- Design and evaluation of coaching supports (e.g. individual and group coaching)
- Regular support for teams of teachers during early release or late start
around a specific learning pathway or instructional practice - Curriculum adoption from curation to implementation
How We Serve
- Facilitation of a meeting
- Providing or leading training on a specific topic
- Observation in a classroom
- Modeling instructional practices in the classroom
- Working directly with students
- Working directly with administrators or building leadership teams
- Providing content expertise at a meeting
- Planning with a teacher or group of teachers
- Analyzing data with a teacher(s) or leadership team
- Providing instructional coaching and feedback
- Coordinating an event, activity, or collaboration
- One-on-one consultation - phone, e-mail, in-person
- Service can be adapted and arranged to meet the unique needs of each district or building team
- Facilitating professional learning around professional text (book study)
- Facilitation of Classroom Learning Labs
We offer a variety of professional development on topics for administrators, teachers, support staff and more! Click the icon to the left to view our course catalog!
Networks Supported
- Literacy Essential Series
- Principal Community and Leadership Learning Network
- ACRI Community of Practice
- EL Education Community of Practice K-5
- Grades 4 and 5 Literacy Community of Practice
- Ongoing network of current and past coaching program participants
Additional resources are provided via email request. To make a request via email, please use the HELP button to the left.
Contact Information:
Erin Brown
MAISD Coaching Program Consultant
Phone: 231-767-7221
Contact Erin Brown via email
Mary Johnson
English Language Arts Consultant and Coaching Coordinator
Phone: 231-767-7292
Contact Mary Johnson via email
Michelle Renna
Secondary Literacy Coach
Phone: 231-767-4378
Contact Michelle Renna via email
Literacy Coaches
Contact Erin Hedrick via email
Contact Jodi Juergens via email
Contact Cheri Mezeske via email
Contact Sarah Parker via email
Contact Jackie Presson via email
Contact Sonya Rathbun via email
Contact Kevin Richards via email
Contact Katie Taber via email
Contact Laura Veihl via email
Contact Michelle Wahlberg via email