Literacy Leadership in Changing Schools: 10 Keys to Successful Professional Development (Language and Literacy Series)

Wepner, Shelley B.; Gómez, Diane W.; Cunningham, Katie Egan; Rainville, Kristin N.; Kelly, Courtney

ISBN 10: 0807757136 / ISBN 13: 9780807757130

Published by Teachers College Press (edition ), 2015

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Synopsis:

Literacy Leadership in Changing Schools will help literacy leaders improve teachers’ professional development in grades K–6. The authors use literacy basics to suggest concrete approaches that leaders and coaches can use to help teachers improve their instruction with culturally and linguistically diverse students. Based on firsthand experiences, research, and a school–university–community collaborative (Changing Suburbs Institute® in New York), this practical book hones in on what literacy leaders need to do in today’s rapidly changing schools. Offering vignettes, strategies, and guidelines, each chapter is devoted to one essential component of serving as an effective literacy leader. Throughout, the book addresses typical issues leaders and teachers face, such as high-stakes testing, increasing failure rates, rigorous teacher and principal evaluations, limited family engagement, shrinking resources, and teachers’ inexperience with instructing diverse students. Book Features: A how-to framework for revamping literacy curriculum, programs, materials, and instructional techniques to meet the needs of diverse student populations. A focus on the essential attributes needed to help teachers implement the Common Core State Standards and use data-driven instruction to help students achieve. Literacy Leadership Toolkits with checklists, surveys, leadership activities, assessment charts, questions, and prompts for self-assessment.

About the Author:

Shelley B. Wepner is dean and professor of education. Diane W. Gómez is associate professor of teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL)/foreign languages and special education. Katie Egan Cunningham is an assistant professor in the Literacy Department. Kristin N. Rainville is assistant professor in the Leadership and Literacy Department at Sacred Heart University. Courtney Kelly is an associate professor in the Literacy Department. All have been or are at the School of Education, Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Literacy Leadership in Changing Schools: 10 ...
Publisher: Teachers College Press (edition )
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good