Description
Book SynopsisClear, on-the-ground guidance for Reading Apprenticeship implementation Leading for Literacy provides tools and real-life examples to expand the benefits of a literacy approach that sparks students'' engaged reading and thinking across disciplines, from middle school through community college. A companion to the landmark Reading for Understanding, this book guides teachers, leaders, and administrators through the nuts, bolts, benefits, and stumbling blocks of creating Reading Apprenticeship communities that extend a culture of literacy beyond individual classrooms.
This book explains how to generate authentic buy-in from teachers and administrators, use the Reading Apprenticeship Framework to turn reform overload into reform coherence, and create literacy teams, professional learning communities, and Reading Apprenticeship communities of practice that sustain an institutional focus on a student-centered, strengths-based culture of literacy.
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Table of Contents
List of Close-Ups vii
List of Team Tools ix
Foreword xi
Preface xiii
Chapter 1 How to Start? 1
Chapter 2 Partnering for Leadership 23
Chapter 3 The Role of Inquiry in Reading Apprenticeship Professional Learning 49
Chapter 4 Setting the Social and Personal Foundations for Inquiry 69
Chapter 5 Exploring Reading as Colleagues 79
Chapter 6 Exploring Instruction as Colleagues 127
Chapter 7 Building Capacity, Momentum, and Sustainability 189
Appendix A Reading Apprenticeship Framework 241
Appendix B The Research Rationale for Inquiry-Based Teacher Professional Development 243
Appendix C Assessment Tools 255
Index 293
