1. GSSD
Literacy Coaches
What We Do
Your GSSD Coaches play a variety of roles, underlying all of them is lit-
eracy support. The Coaches provide support, assistance, and professional devel-
Welcome to opment for teachers to ensure student success in literacy. Results are optimal
GSSD! when Literacy Coaches are associated with initiatives that align their work with
Good Spirit School Division goals, School Learning Improvement Plans, and Teacher
GSSD Literacy Professional Growth Plans. Professional development is optimized when it is
Coaches would like teacher directed and integrates the collaborative work with a coach. The Saskatch-
to welcome you to ewan ELA curriculum and research-based educational practices are foundational to
an exciting year in the coaches’ work.
GSSD. Curriculum Specialist: Support implementation of curriculum
 Assist teachers in developing units, lessons and assessments
If you are new to  Increase teachers’ understanding and implementation of curriculum
the profession or an
experienced teacher Classroom Supporter: Increase the quality and effectiveness of classroom in-
new to GSSD, your struction
Literacy Coaches
offer a variety of lit-  Assist teachers in developing and implementing a range of instructional
approaches
eracy support.
 Professional dialogue, collaboration, co-teaching, demonstrations, or observing
and giving feedback in a peer to peer relationship
Instructional/Assessment Coach: Align instruction with curriculum to meet
the needs of students and ensure that student achievement data drives decisions at
the classroom and school level
 Assist teachers in selecting instructional strategies that align with curriculum out-
comes
 Guide teams of teachers or individuals to examine data, understand student
strengths and weaknesses, and identify instructional strategies or resources to
address needs, including intervention and programming such as Leveled Literacy
Intervention (LLI)
Resource Provider: Expand teacher’s use of variety of resources to support in-
struction
 Locate information and recommend resources
 Update staff regarding current research and practices
 Provide information and support regarding technology integration

2. Who Are We?
Good Spirit School Division is entering its fourth year of its Reading for All literacy initia-
tive. In order to achieve the school division goal of students demonstrating at least one year of
growth in reading comprehension, three full time Literacy Coach positions are available for
support and guidance. Andrea Hnatiuk, Janine Neufeld Ruetz and Nicole
Piercey are the Literacy Coaches employed to assist teachers in achieving literacy goals.
GSSD Coaches work collaboratively with teachers and provide a professional peer to peer
relationship. Although Coaches have designated schools, our collaborative nature and inter-
professional work allows us to offer continual support to you and ensure student growth and
GSSD success through the process.
Literacy
http://blogs.gssd.ca/Literacy/
Andrea Hnatiuk Janine Neufeld-Ruetz Nicole Piercey
GSSD Literacy is
Esterhazy High School Calder School Sturgis Elementary School
maintained and
regularly updated by Columbia School 5-8 Norquay Public School Preeceville School
the Coaches. It MC Knoll School 5-8 PJ Gillen School Invermay School
contains a wealth of
Fort Livingstone School Victoria School MC Knoll School K-4
information including
assessment info, a Melville Composite School Canora Junior School Yorkdale Central School K-4
professional calendar Hoffman School Canora Composite School Springside School
with important dates Langenburg High School Dr. Brass School Macdonald School
for inservices, Kamsack Comprehensive Columbia School K-4 Grayson School
conferences, and School
literacy events. If you Yorkdale Central School 5-8 Davison School Saltcoats School
are looking for
Churchridge Public School Miller School
information, chances
are it is there! Sturgis High School
Literacy Coaches
maintain a variety of
wikis to assist us in Contact Information
providing literacy
information. Andrea Hnatiuk Janine Neufeld- Nicole Piercey
Ruetz
ahnatiuk@mail.gssd.ca Jneufeld-ruetz@mail.gssd.ca npiercey@mail.gssd.ca
621. 8382 621. 1393
Please do not Twitter: ahnatiuk
hesitate to
contact the
Coaches. We
look forward
to meeting
you!