The Learning Communities Guide to Improving Reading Instruction [Paperback]

This rich developmental resource provides the framework, knowledge, and tools necessary to create a community of literacy coaches, leaders, and teachers to improve reading across schools.This rich developmental resource provides the framework, knowledge, and tools necessary to create a community of literacy coaches, leaders, and teachers to improve reading across schools.The themes of attending to individual needs, providing assessment-driven instruction, and creating long-term, focused professional development plans are solid and consistent throughout the book.This book does a wonderful job of bridging the chasm that often exists between the separate worlds of higher education and K-12 educators. It applies powerful research findings and nontechnical, jargon-free advice for classroom teachers.Index
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface
Considering How to Lead Schoolwide Improvement in Reading
Personalizing Reading Instruction
Managing Environments for Literacy
Ensuring Student Engagement
Emphazing Active Teaching
Targeting Comprehension
Creating Professional Learning Communities for Literacy
References
Index