The Center for Literacy & Learning

Customized Professional Learning Services for Schools, School Districts and Individual Teachers

Literacy Coach Program

Literacy Coach Program

The Center for Literacy & Learning partners with school systems to provide literacy coaches with support to educators. As a Louisiana-based non-profit focused on literacy, our professional training, and support help to advance evidence-based best practices for teaching and learning.

The Literacy Specialists provide training and support for early childhood through 12th-grade literacy coaches in schools and across school districts to ensure all students receive high-quality literacy instruction.

The Literacy Specialists identify the needs of schools to prioritize, schedule, organize, and provide technical support, ultimately resulting in students achieving grade-level reading proficiency. The Literacy Specialists implement this through virtual and in-person support.

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Louisiana Specialists Supporting Louisiana Schools to Improve Literacy in Louisiana

We are very excited to announce that The Louisiana Department of Education has selected The Center for Literacy & Learning as one of the approved vendors to serve school systems across Louisiana through our Literacy Coach Program.

School systems can utilize Comprehensive Literacy State Development funds, along with other local, state, or federal funds to develop a plan that best meets their needs in supporting literacy coaches and leaders.

Please contact our Literacy Coach Program Director, Danielle Fontenot 1-833-792-1874 ext. 206, danielle@mycll.org

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The Center’s Regional Literacy Specialists Regions Map
Meet the Regional Literacy Specialists
Currently, The Center’s Regional Literacy Specialists Support:
  • 64 LEAs
  • 262 Schools
  • 184 Coaches
  • Serve Students in grades Pre-K through 12th
  • 11 Regions across Louisiana
  • 2068 Coaches Support Visits & Meetings
  • 4321 Hours Supporting LEAs

*As of June 2022

Literacy Specialists are specialized in the following Training:

  • Growing Reading Brains
  • LETRS
  • Adult Learning/Coaching
  • CLASS

We Provide Literacy Coach Support in the following areas:

  • School Level – Early Childhood *The Center is the only vendor that offers support to School Level- Early Childhood.
  • School Level – Elementary
  • School Level – Adolescent
  • School Systems/LEAs

The Literacy Specialist serves literacy coaches, school administrators, and School Systems/LEAs in the following ways:

  • Consulting
  • Coaching Conference
  • Walk-Through, Observations, Modeling Support
  • Professional Learning Community (PLC) Meeting Support
  • Science of Reading (SOR) Training
  • Adult Learning/Coaching Training
  • Assessment of system’s needs
  • Develop Plan for Professional Growth Opportunities
  • Develop training and meetings
  • Identify LEA’s Literacy Teams
  • Data deep dive/Data Analysis
  • SMART goal development
  • Curriculum and Intervention review
  • Create Action Steps for Summer PD opportunities
  • Assist with creating the Local Literacy Plan

As a partner with state education agencies and schools, Literacy Specialists work tirelessly to ensure that students are on track and become proficient readers.

Our goal is to help uplift our educators as they strive to teach the most important life skill: Reading.

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Education has many important facets. Transitioning into a coaching role this year has made it obvious to me, and other colleagues, the importance of the coaching aspect of education. The tasks and academic challenges faced this school year would have been insurmountable without the support of The Center, as well as direct support from my Regional Literacy Specialist. Meaningful resources, opportunities for collaboration and networking, cutting edge information, timely guidance, and just overall great support given, to help to me as a coach to give support to teachers- who ultimately impact students.

Literacy Coach, Inspire Charter Academy, EBR, Baton Rouge, La

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"Thank you for reinspiring us and helping us find a new goal to work towards. My team and I (coach and teachers) were feeling really down and lacking motivation, because of all the disruptions with Covid and the Hurricane. Now we have momentum and we're all working towards something to support our students to grow and become independent readers."

-New Orleans based Literacy Coach; 2021-22 Feedback

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At Leesville Junior High School, in Vernon Parish School District, STAR Screener Data showed that 73% of 7th graders required intervention at the beginning of the year, with 41% in need of urgent intervention. By the end of the year, 42% of 7th graders needed intervention with only 22% in need of urgent intervention. There was an increase of 35% of the students reading at or above benchmark by the end of the year.

At Clara Hall Elementary in Monroe City Schools- Region 2, Kindergarten students went from 36% at or above benchmark at the BOY to 69% at or above benchmark at the EOY on DIBELS data. That. is 33% growth!

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I am a first year literacy coach for Tangipahoa Parish. Kelly Morris has been a wonderful influence on me and my position. I serve two different schools, and Kelly Morris learned the structures of both schools quickly. She had great rapport with the administration teams at both schools. As a regional literacy specialist, she was willing to answer and support all of my needs as a coach. She would give me advice on how to conduct my observations, meetings with teachers, and different strategies to help me support my teachers. She has given me suggestions for student motivations, as well as ways to motivate teachers who were placed in difficult situations.

Literacy Coach, Hammond Westside Montessori, Tangipahoa Parish

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Having the support of Mrs. Harrell and The Center for Literacy & Learning has been a tremendous help in fostering growth and learning in our classrooms. Through this collaboration, our literacy coach's personal and professional learning has been enhanced and enriched through this partnership and has had a definite impact on instruction. Additionally, that personal contact and ability to network with colleagues across the state have been critical in providing the support she needed transitioning out of the classroom and into her new role. We appreciate our partnership with Mrs. Harrell and the CLL!

Principal, Winnfield Primary School, Winn Parish, Winnfield, Louisiana

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My Regional Literacy Specialist was everything I needed for my first year. Now I can read and learn things over the summer and have more direct questions for the new school year. I better understand my position now and hope to start off the next school year on a good note.

Literacy Coach, Minnie Ruffin Elementary School- Monroe City Schools

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I was recently appointed as literacy coach in November of 2021. I was unfamiliar with the role and duties of this posiiton. I have been fortunate to have Ms. Joan Primeaux as my mentor through this process. She makes regular school visits to help answer my questions and assist me with upcoming PLCs at our school. She is always available by phone or email, and I am so grateful for her assistance. I have definitely learned valuable information from her, and I hope she will be able to remain as my source of guidance for the 2022-2023 school year. The Center for Literacy and Learning has truly been an integral part of this learning process.

LIteracy Coach, Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy

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At Grand Caillou Elementary in Terrebonne Parish School District, Region 10, 93% of the Kindergarteners scored at or above benchmark!!!

Zwolle Elementary School, in Sabine Parish School District, Region 4, met its school improvement DIBELS goal by decreasing from 52% intensive/strategic support to 37.75%. This is a 14.25% decrease. Growth was shown on end-of-year DIBELS individual components in all grades and with all teachers, but the most impressive growth was in 1st grade.

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We would love to discuss how The Center for Literacy & Learning can serve your school.

Please contact our Literacy Coach Program Director, Danielle G. Fontenot.

Email Danielle