CLG school partnerships begin with a literacy needs assessment conducted jointly by CLG staff and the school's administrative team.  CLG then designs a professional development plan for the school, which

can include the following services:

• Professional Development Workshops, focusing on specific components of reading and writing workshop (e.g., exploring methods of teaching minilessons using Calkins' Units of Study) as well as formative assessment practices

•  Study Group Facilitation, offering teachers ongoing support in analyzing student work and planning instruction

• Lab-Site Coaching, providing teachers regular, intensive learning opportunities alongside their grade-level colleagues in the context of their own classrooms

• Principal and Coach Consultation, identifying and implementing effective infrastructure and resources needed to support schoolwide implementation of balanced literacy practices