NAME:
Andrea Walker and Kim Ennis
SCHOOL:
Downtown Elementary Magnet Academy
POSITION:
Cornerstone Literacy Coaches for kindergarten through fifth grades/First Grade Teachers
SCHOOL PHONE:
706-748-2702
The coaches in each Cornerstone school will:
* Continuously develop their expertise in student and adult learning,
literacy, and professional inquiry.
* Continuously develop their practice as teachers who are accountable
for the performance of students, especially in literacy.
* Provide leadership in literacy acquisition and development for their
collegues.
* Establish demonstration classrooms as examples to replicate for
their collegues.
* Utilize a full range of professional development skills and
strategies including:
+ knowledge of adult learning research,
+ facilitation of study groups,
+ demonstration teaching,
+ co-teaching,
+ planning and debriefing, and
+ hosting collegues, parents, and other visitors in their
classrooms.
* Support the involvement of parents in the Cornerstone initiative.
* Meet weekly with the school principal to plan further development
of the initiative.
* Work closely with the literacy fellow and liaison in the planning and
implementation of all Cornerstone activities.
* Participate in scheduled video conferences with fellow coaches in
other Cornerstone districts and related video conferences with
Cornerstone staff.
* Contribute to the Cornerstone newsletters.
* Participate in each annual Cornerstone Institute, Cornertone Regional
Meeting, and a minimum of one school review yearly.
