Feb 27-28: HKIS Literacy Coaching Collaborative 2025

Overview

Join a diverse group of like-minded educators invested in learning about and supporting literacy leadership and coaching! As a collaborative, we will experience three immersive multi-day sessions that will take place throughout the year: February, April, and October. As a participant, you will observe, learn, and practice coaching, all within the dynamic context of real classrooms. 

Content of Sessions:

• Current literacy and leadership practices
• Reading and writing teaching structures
• Building a personal coaching mission statement
• Identifying core values
• Change management
• Adult learning theory
• Instructional coaching philosophies 

*Sessions will also be responsive to participant interest, fortified with reputable, research-based resources

Speakers

Fiona Robertson

Fiona is a Curriculum Leader at Hong Kong International School. She has previously worked as a Teaching and Learning Coach (Pre K-12) in Vietnam and South Africa, and is constantly inspired by her partnerships with teachers and leaders who want more - more for their students, more for themselves, and more for their profession.  Fiona believes there is power in sharing the challenges, changes, and celebrations that come with being a coach and has maintained connections with the worldwide coaching community through her blog www.thecuriouscoach.net, consulting and coaching podcasts.

When not geeking-out on all things assessment and concept-based learning, Fiona can be found hanging out with her two teens at soccer, hiking hills, or at impromptu karaoke nights. 

MaryAnn Sayaz

MaryAnn is currently an instructional/literacy coach at Hong Kong International School. Prior to her work in Hong Kong, she also worked as a literacy coordinator/coach at Benjamin Franklin International School in Barcelona to build a cohesive elementary literacy program. Through the study of current practices, her focus is on building voice, choice, and inquiry within the workshop. She collaborates often with administrators, consultants, and teachers in bringing integration and innovative literacy ideas into the curriculum. 

In her spare time, she dabbles with writing. She started a writing group to bring other writers together get feedback. She brings her passion for reading and writing into the work she does with teachers and students. 

Stephanie Moy

Stephanie is an Instructional Literacy and Social Studies Coach at HKIS. She believes in the cultivation of wholly literate people (thoughtful listeners, kind speakers, curious readers, and clear writers) in order to develop a more kind and knowledgeable society. Stephanie has taught pre-K to grade 5 as a special educator and homeroom teacher in the U.S., Guatemala, Qatar, China, and India. As a special educator, she became passionate about ensuring that all learners grow into joyful and skilled readers for life. Although she is a true nerd and loves to read about reading, she also enjoys narratives that include diverse voices.

Schedule

Workshop 1 (February 2025): Foundations of Reading and Coaching Concepts

Participants will engage with:

• Reading development and progressions
• Research and evidence-based practices in the teaching and assessment of reading
• Foundational elements of literacy coaching practices

Workshop 2 (April 2025): Foundations of Writing and Coaching Concepts

Participants will engage with:

• Writing development and progressions
• Teaching and assessment practices in writing
• Application of literacy coaching practices in the classroom

Workshop 3 (October 2025): Coaching Structures, Philosophy and Literacy Leadership

Participants will engage with:

• Working with admin for change management in literacy
• Application of literacy coaching practices
• Literacy and coaching schedules
• Refine philosophy
• Responsive to previous sessions' reflections

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