Literacy Leadership: Essentials of the Principal/Coach Relationship
WORKSHOP CONTENT STRAND
Leadership for Literacy, Promoting Effective Practice & Instruction
Session Description
This session gives attendees insight into the essentials of a Principal/Coach relationship. In particular, the presenters will share methods by which they build relational capacity and ensure lasting change within the school community through a restorative framework. The relationship between a principal and a coach is critical in modeling and practicing capacity building. By establishing clear goals, regular communication, collaborating on professional development, demonstrating effective coaching behaviors, and celebrating successes, principals and coaches can work together to create a culture of continuous improvement and success for all students.
Speaker(s)
Jennie Johnson
Literacy Coach
Joshua Elementary School
Jennie Johnson is a Literacy Coach whose intentional research and application of instruction aligned to the Science of Reading has encouraged and led a charge to overhaul reading practices at Joshua Elementary and throughout the Lancaster School District. Together, with a team of courageous educators, she is empowering literacy transformation and ensuring the civil right to read.
Lorraine Zapata
Principal
Joshua Elementary School
Lorraine Zapata has been in the field of education for over 32 years. Thirteen and a half of those years were spent molding the lives of her young, bilingual kindergarten students. She has worked in migrant education, adult ESL, preschool instruction, reading recovery, and discrubiendo la lectura. Zapata has served as both an assistant principal and principal at the elementary and middle school levels as well as the collegiate level as an adjunct faculty at California State Bakersfield focused on ELL and Multicultural Education. She has supported her schools by participating in successfully writing two Title 7-funded grants. Lorraine has extensive training in trauma-informed practices, restorative justice, and equity-based practices. She was recognized as Administrator of the Year in 2013 and awarded the Direct Instruction Administrator Award in 2006.