Innovative Ways of Literacy Coaching Preschool Teachers with the Early Literacy Learning Model

The process of literacy coaching during the pandemic required programs to re-envision innovative ways of engaging teachers and coaches in a collaborative process with the use of technology. This provided unique opportunities to provide literacy coaching to preschool teachers during uncertain times with contextual constraints limiting face-to-face classroom observation and dialogue. This paper will discuss the Early Literacy Learning Model’s (ELLM) learning strategies, as well as techniques, issues, solutions, and courseware utilized in virtual literacy coaching. It shares the effectiveness of using GoReact, Zoom and WebEx, and Canvas to provide a system to support collaboration, virtual coaching, and teacher training during academic years where coaches and teachers experienced challenges with not only a global pandemic, but also hiring and retaining teachers, site directors, and staff.