Gathered from literacy coaches and university professors across the US, this compilation of ready-made tools offers observation forms, rubrics, exercises, protocols, and forms for documenting time and gathering feedback. Tools are grouped in chapters on clarifying the role of the coach, maintaining the coaching program, professional development, supporting inquiry among teachers, coaching individual teachers, and documenting work and time spent. Each tool or cluster of tools includes a general description and suggestions for using it, along with coaching vignettes, summaries of research related to the tools, and cross-references to the author's previous book on coaching. Chapters end with resource recommendations and reflection questions. Burkins, a full-time coach at Chase Street Elementary School, teaches graduate courses in literacy education at the University of Georgia. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)