ABOUT THE HIGH-IMPACT LITERACY COACHING PROGRAMME

Do you want to TAKE ACTION and ACCELERATE the literacy progress of your BMLs (and all students), without trying to figure it out all on your own?

We hear you.

The research shows that we need to focus more intensely on the kinds of learning experiences that have the biggest impact on students’ learning. One of the most effective ways to do that is through high-quality literacy programming. 

A student who has strong reading and writing skills is more able to independently access learning concepts and benefit from that learning. They then continue to make progress, moving forward and reaping all the cognitive rewards that come from that progress. Sadly, the opposite is also true: students with weak literacy skills do not get to experience the full benefits of independent learning and can develop widening gaps over time. 

It’s clear that literacy is truly the gateway to educational success.

In a nutshell, this Programme provides guided, step-by-step coaching with our consultants and literacy specialists. They will help you implement a solid plan for literacy acceleration in your department or classroom. The coaching takes place over 6 live, online sessions, within an individual/small group. The first kick-off session starts on Thursday, 13th of November, 2025 at 11am, London, UK time. Participants then continue to meet monthly from January-May 2026. Each session is one hour, on Zoom.

In the sessions, participants will jump straight to the ‘meat and bones’ and will be provided with a fully-developed plan of action. This will give them the steps they need to take in order to start getting RAPID results. Each coaching session will target one specific area of focus. 

WHO IS THIS COACHING PROGRAMME FOR? 

· a BML/EAL/ELL teacher or coordinator

· a learning support specialist (SENCO/Sp. Ed)

· a literacy coordinator

· a language teacher or bilingual teacher (yes, even if you’re teaching through another language!)

· a primary teacher 

· a teacher in charge of literacy development

· a secondary English or language teacher

* Please ensure you teach at least one group of students so that you can apply the approaches with your students throughout the 6 months

HOW DOES IT WORK?

This unique programme is made up of 6 LIVE, focused Zoom sessions with a small group of educators in each coaching group. 

The format is designed around the ‘SHOW-GO-DO’ model which means that the consultants show you the PLAN and give you everything needed to GO and EXECUTE it (e.g. additional resources or specific activities). Then, they ask you to follow-up (‘DO’) with those specified activities in your school. You’ll come back to the next session having completed the action; ready to share your results and hear feedback. There is always time for specific questions during the session.

You will have the month to follow-up with the activities. On average, you can expect anywhere from 3 – 4 hours of follow-up in the month, using your own regular classes and students as the foundation.

WHAT WILL THIS PROGRAMME TEACH YOU?

• How the Science of Reading (SoR) shapes practise
• How to understand your unique school/student body profile and why this matters as a starting point
• How to gather, manage and pull focused insights from your students’ baseline literacy data and progress
• How to implement a user-friendly system to monitor and track your students’ ongoing progress
• How to provide short, intensive and focused interventions for any struggling or ‘stuck’ students
• How to introduce, roll-out and maintain an ongoing reading and writing acceleration programme across any grade or year-level (from Grade 1/Year 1 and up)
• How to scale your results from one class (or a smaller target group) to a wider group (or even whole-school if you are a leader)
• How to provide moment–to–moment mini–lessons in reading and writing to help your students move to the next challenge (so they can keep progressing)
• Learn how to find and use the right resources without investing in expensive, pre-packaged programmes that are not always a fit
• How to collaborate with colleagues to get them on-board with your Plan and strategy, if relevant

WHAT KIND OF RESULTS CAN YOU EXPECT?

You can expect to walk away with new expertise that will help you to increase your students’ achievement levels in reading and writing. Within the coaching timeframe, you will actually be able to see your students’ improvements and you will have a framework for replicating or scaling this success to a wider group.

 

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

The investment is £1,900 per educator and includes all the resources needed to get started. 

 

HOW DO I REGISTER?

You can register or enquire by sending an email directly to alison@educatorsofbmls.com.

Registration closes on Friday, the 10th of October, 2025.

 

YES, YOU WILL RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE

All participants who successfully complete the sessions and fully participate, will receive a certificate.

WHY SHOULD YOU GET LITERACY COACHING WITH FRANCESCA & ALISON?

Francesca and Alison have a wealth of experience and give you access to their expertise and teaching strategies throughout this Programme.

As well as being educators for many years, they are also co-founders, authors and literacy specialists. For over 10 years, they developed and ran the ‘LIP’ or Literacy Intervention Programme in Dubai. Their approaches helped over 1,000 children learn to read and write in their short-term, intensive, 4-week programme. 

If you want to register or have any further questions about the High-Impact Literacy Coaching Programme, please feel free to get in touch: alison@educatorsofbmls.com