Full Description
Literacy is the bedrock of culture, curriculum, and classroom practice - it is the key that unlocks learning and social mobility for pupils across all phases. However, the world of literacy leadership is full of complexity, challenge, and competing priorities. This handbook provides essential guidance for leaders responsible for developing literacy and learning across schools and trusts, dismantling the 'knowing doing' gap through evidence-based strategies.
Drawing on extensive research around effective implementation, the book explores key roles, responsibilities, and practices required for successful literacy leadership. It guides readers through developing literacy knowledge and expertise, preparing and delivering implementation plans, and evaluating and sustaining impact over time. With an explicit focus on a phased approach - exploration, preparation, delivery, and sustainability - the chapters offer practical strategies to:
Develop literacy knowledge and expertise
Develop a literacy leadership plan
Lead effective professional development
Target intervention pathways
Create a culture of literacy
Evaluate and sustain impact
Including examples and case studies from experienced literacy leaders across different schools and regions, this is the 'go-to' resource for all primary and secondary school leaders wanting to improve literacy outcomes for every learner across all subject areas.
Contents
Part I: Developing leadership knowledge and expertise
Chapter 1: Literacy, learning and leadership
Chapter 2: What every leader needs to know about literacy
Part II: Developing teacher knowledge and skill
Chapter 3: What every teacher needs to know about oral language and vocabulary
Chapter 4: What every teacher needs to know about reading
Chapter 5: What every teacher needs to know about writing
Chapter 6: How to ensure literacy strategies stick across subjects
Part III: Creating a strategy to improve literacy standards
Chapter 7: Developing a whole school literacy strategy
Chapter 8: Transforming strategy into success
Part IV: Developing others and delivering the literacy strategy
Chapter 9: Leading and designing effective professional development
Chapter 10: Developing specialists, subject teachers and support staff
Chapter 11: Literacy assessment - principles and practice
Chapter 12: Developing targeted intervention pathways
Part V: Evaluating and sustaining impact
Chapter 13: Developing a monitoring and evaluation framework
Chapter 14: Leading for lasting literacy impact
