Full Description
Identifying what exemplary teachers know and do to promote literacy achievement at every grade level, this highly motivating book provides step-by-step guidance for professional development. It helps teachers assess their strengths and build their competencies in six key domains of literacy instruction directly linked to student success. Featuring skills-building exercises, sample lesson plans, book lists, and over a dozen reproducibles, the book illustrates specific actions that teachers can take to emulate their most effective colleagues in school districts around the country. New to This Edition* Revised and updated based on the authors' professional development work with over 20,000 educators.* Expanded to cover KaEURO"12 (prior edition covered KaEURO"5).* Now includes material for literacy coaches and administrators, as well as teachers.* "Teacher-in-Action" cases offer vivid snapshots of exemplary practices.*Many of the activities and reproducibles are new or revised.
Contents
1. Do You Want to Become an Exemplary Literacy Teacher or Literacy Leader?2. Memorable Teachers: Their Legacy3. National Exemplary Literacy Teacher Assessment4. Who Am I Being as a Teacher or Literacy Leader?5. Dominant Teaching Roles, Responsibilities, and Talents6. Motivation7. Reteaching8. Relating to Students9. Classroom Qualities 10. Lesson Characteristics11. Making a Positive Difference: What Literacy Leaders, Principals, Literacy Coaches, and Teachers Can Do to Create Exemplary Schools
