Student-focused coaching: A model for reading coaches

There has been a rapid growth in the number of reading coaches working in schools to support the efforts of teachers to develop students' literacy skills. However, few of the various models or types of coaching currently being employed seem to directly link to relevant and informative research-based consultation. Our (Hasbrouck & Denton, 2005) model of Student-Focused Coaching is based on research and incorporates aspects from several types of coaching strategies being implemented in schools. Reading coaches who follow the SFC model can rest assured that their work is based on an extensive body of research evidence and is sufficiently multifaceted to cover the wide variety of tasks that coaches are typically called upon to perform. © 2007 International Reading Association.