Full Description
In our knowledge-based society, K-8 students need to develop increasingly sophisticated skills to read, write, and speak for a wide variety of purposes and audiences. Including an extended case example from a linguistically diverse school (nearly 75% English learners), this book guides school leaders to design and implement advanced literacy instruction through four key shifts: strengthening the instructional core, giving data a central role, using a shared curriculum, and providing supportive and tailored professional development. Reproducible forms and templates facilitate planning and implementation of schoolwide initiatives. Purchasers get access to a webpage where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.
Contents
I. Advanced Literacies for the 21st Century
1. Rethinking Literacy and Its Leadership for the 21st Century
2. Defining Advanced Literacies
3. Defining Instructional Leadership for Advanced Literacies
II. Leading the Implementation of Four Key Site-Based Shifts for Progress
4. Revisiting and Strengthening the Instructional Core
5. Placing Data at the Core of the Literacy Improvement Effort
6. Using a Shared Curriculum or Platform to Support Daily Teaching and Learning
7. Leading the Implementation of Sustained Approaches to Staff Development
III. Moving Forward at a School Site
8. Bringing It All Together: Generating a Blueprint for Advanced Literacies Instruction
Conclusion: Leading Advanced Literacies Instruction
Appendix: A Leader's Compendium of Tools
References
Index
