Literacy leadership in changing schools : 10 keys to successful professional development / Shelley B. Wepner [and four others].
- Author
- Wepner, Shelley B., 1951-
- Published
- New York : Teachers College Press, [2016]
- Physical Description
- xiii, 291 pages ; 23 cm.
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Rationale for Writing Literacy Leadership in Changing Schools: 10 Keys to Successful Professional Development -- Description of Literacy Leadership in Changing Schools: 10 Keys to Successful Professional Development -- 1.Know and Cultivate Yourself as a Leader -- Definition of Literacy Leader -- Knowledge and Skills About Literacy -- Competencies with Coaching -- Disposition for Leadership -- Strategies for Using Leadership Abilities to Promote Teachers' Professional Development -- Dos and Don'ts of Leadership -- Envision the Possibilities -- Know Your Impact on Teachers -- Literacy Leadership Toolkit -- 2.Know Your Community and Your School -- Changing Schools and Changing Student Populations -- Taking Stock of Your Changing Community and School -- Connecting to and Working with the Community -- Collaborating with Community Partners: A Tale of Two Schools -- Creating a Plan -- Reflecting and Responding to Changing Communities and Schools -- Literacy Leadership Toolkit -- 3.Know Your Teachers -- Getting to Know Teachers -- Communicating with Teachers -- Mentoring, Supervising, and Evaluating Teachers -- Creating a True Learning Community -- Lead Your Teachers to Lead -- Literacy Leadership Toolkit -- 4.Know Your Students -- Understanding Language Learners -- Understanding Background and Experiences -- Strategies for Getting to Know Students -- Using Data to Understand Students -- Types of Assessments and Tools -- Considerations for Assessments -- Using Information to Make Sound Instructional Decisions -- Data-Driven and Student-Centered Instruction -- Literacy Leadership Toolkit -- 5.Know Professional Development Options -- Working With Your Teachers to Make Decisions -- Outside the School District -- At the School District Level -- At the School Building Level -- Options for Professional Development -- Know Professional Development Methods to Meet Teacher Needs -- Literacy Leadership Toolkit -- 6.Know the Link Between Curriculum and Standards -- Evaluating Existing Curriculum -- The Common Core Is About Big Ideas -- College Readiness -- Career Readiness -- Guiding Principles for College and Career Readiness -- Knowing the English Language Arts Standards Horizontally and Vertically -- Shifts Demanded by the Core -- Creating Units of Study That Are Standards-Driven and Culturally Responsive -- Revisiting Curriculum Through Ongoing Reflection -- Know That Your Curriculum and Standards Are Aligned -- Literacy Leadership Toolkit -- 7.Know Instructional Techniques -- Instructional Strategies and Techniques -- Balanced Literacy Instructional Framework -- Reading and Writing Workshop -- Selecting Appropriate Assessment Tools to Guide Instruction -- The Importance of Knowing Instructional Techniques -- Literacy Leadership Toolkit -- 8.Know Approaches and Programs to Language and Literacy Instruction -- Working with Literacy Approaches and Techniques -- Foundational Literacy Programs -- Developmental Word Study Approaches -- Use of Commercially Prepared Materials -- Language Development Programs -- Sheltered/Content-Area Programs -- Academic Language Instruction -- Response to Intervention (Rtl) -- Make Informed Decisions -- Literacy Leadership Toolkit -- 9.Know Materials and Resources to Support and Deepen Learning -- Taking Stock of Literacy Resources -- Classroom Libraries -- Technology and Digital Media -- What's Important to Remember? -- Literacy Leadership Toolkit -- 10.Putting It All Together -- Bringing Personal Strengths to Leadership -- Literacy Plans as Frameworks for Building Capacity -- Using Literacy Plans as a Springboard to a Literacy Leader's Action Checklist -- Form a Leadership Team -- Sustain Momentum -- Taking Ownership of Your Plan -- Literacy Leadership Toolkit.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780807757130 paperback
0807757136 paperback - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-267) and index.
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