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The graduate certificate in Comprehensive Literacy Coaching is intended to meet the increasing demand for literacy coaches who provide professional development to other K-12 educators at the school and district level. Our Maine Partnerships in Comprehensive Literacy (MPCL) program works with a network of approximately 40 building-based literacy coaches in schools and districts statewide. Leveraging the MPCL school improvement model, these coaches are prepared to lead school reform initiatives and increase student achievement. This hybrid program involves face-to-face, on-site and online coursework. Instructors include practicing MPCL coaches, as well as faculty from our graduate program in literacy education and research methods, who have a wealth of evidence-based, practical knowledge of Maine schools and communities, particularly rural K-12 education. Some classes in this certificate may be applied toward an Education Specialist (Ed.S.) degree.