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Robertson, Dana A., Ed.; Hall, Leigh A., Ed.; Brock, Cynthia H., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2023
Professional learning (PL) opportunities are essential for PreK-12 literacy educators, but too often these efforts fail to help teachers develop and deeply engage with their work. This forward-looking book describes keys to providing effective, sustainable literacy PL that values teachers over test scores and capitalizes on social networks and…
Descriptors: Literacy, Professional Development, Equal Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Bettini, Elizabeth; Cumming, Michelle M.; Brunsting, Nelson C.; McKenna, John William; Cooper Schneider, Caitlin; Muller, Rebecca; Peyton, David – Beyond Behavior, 2020
Special educators are responsible for providing quality reading instruction to students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD), but they often experience difficulties fulfilling this responsibility, especially for students with EBD who are placed in dedicated settings, including self-contained classes. Administrators can help by ensuring…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Administrator Role, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Professional Development
Bettini, Elizabeth; Cumming, Michelle M.; Brunsting, Nelson C.; McKenna, John William; Schneider, Caitlin Cooper; Muller, Rebecca; Peyton, David – Grantee Submission, 2020
Special educators are responsible for providing quality reading instruction to students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD), but they often experience difficulties fulfilling this responsibility, especially for students with EBD who are placed in dedicated settings, including self-contained classes. Administrators can help by ensuring…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Administrator Role, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Professional Development
Rissman, Lila M.; Miller, Debra H.; Torgesen, Joseph K. – Center on Instruction, 2009
The purpose of this "Adolescent Literacy Walk-Through for Principals" ("ALWP") is to help principals monitor and support adolescent literacy instruction in their schools more effectively. To meet the goals of improving adolescent literacy in grades four through twelve, principals must be familiar with what literacy instruction…
Descriptors: Intervention, Knowledge Level, Literacy, Professional Development
Rosemary, Catherine A.; Roskos, Kathleen A.; Landreth, Leslie K. – Guilford Publications, 2007
This highly practical guide is grounded in the authors' experience setting up and running a successful professional development program to improve K-3 reading instruction. The book systematically describes how professional development works: how sessions are organized, what they contain, routines and procedures, and the roles of each participant.…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Early Childhood Education, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction
Levesque, Jeri; Hinton, Karen – 2001
This guide is designed to lead program planners through the course of building and implementing a family literacy program. It provides planning teams with an orientation to a four-component model of family literacy, community resources, planning strategies, examples of programs in Missouri, recent research findings, case study vignettes, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Check Lists, Community Programs
Temmen, Karen, Comp. – 1981
Over 100 books related to teaching reading are listed in this annotated bibliography. Most entries were published between 1980 and 1981. For each citation, information on author, publisher, and availability is accompanied by a brief abstract and descriptors. A descriptor index is included. (LP)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Instruction
McEwan, Elaine K. – Corwin Press, 2006
In response to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), raising literacy levels in secondary schools has taken on a new urgency. Recognized literacy author, Elaine K. McEwan, focuses her revised second edition on enhancing the "five big ideas" for raising reading achievement with seven cognitive strategies of highly effective readers and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1982
Designed for use by elementary school principals, this guide contains suggestions for (1) assessing the effectiveness of the school reading program, (2) determining the instructional needs of teachers and the reading skill needs of students, and (3) implementing specific strategies to effectively accomplish desired reading program improvements.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Principals
Ottawa Board of Education (Ontario). – 1989
This catalog is a checklist that provides an overview of objectives that can be explored in an adult literacy program. It is intended to (1) help instructors form a quick idea of what students already know; (2) show learners that they already do know a great deal; and (3) help learners and instructors plan the program ahead by making a selection…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives
Ontario-Montclair School District, Ontario, CA. – 1980
Over 150 resources used in a California junior high school individualized reading program are provided as an aid to teachers interested in developing a similar program. Emphasis is on remedial, corrective, English as a second language (ESL), and motivational materials. For each resource cited, information is provided on reading level, purpose,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Corrective Reading, English (Second Language), Individualized Reading
Region X Adult Education Software Consortium, The Dalles, OR. – 1986
This buyer's guide is based upon more than 300 software reviews made by members of an educational consortium in Oregon, all of whom work with adult students. The guide represents the recommendations for a core program in adult basic education and is split into two parts: (1) an initial kit, which is designed for those who are just beginning to set…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Annotated Bibliographies