Serving both teachers and students in a hybrid literacy professional role requires thoughtful planning and reflection. In this article, the authors reflect on their work over the course of one school year to determine how to manage time effectively to combine the job descriptions of reading specialist and literacy coach. Strategies are presented…

Culturally relevant and sustaining pedagogy is an asset-based approach to teaching and learning. In this way, students' identities, languages, and cultures are centered in the learning experience, creating a sense of belonging. The authors observed culturally relevant and sustaining approaches to teaching and learning while visiting schools in New…

Development efforts, the 44 schools in this study increased students' reading proficiency. Over the years, teams of teachers from each school were provided professional development and opportunities to lead their colleagues in implementation of the instructional framework. The teachers used their instructional materials as resources to plan…

Describes six kinds of inservice reading programs recently conducted in the New Haven public schools. (MB)

Offers an answer from Marie Clay and Barbara Watson concerning training for the Reading Recovery program. Provides a list of training sites available for interested readers. (MG)

Describes an inservice teacher education workshop using local history for reading instruction. (RB)

Describes several successful inservice teacher education programs in reading. (RB)

Describes an inservice teacher education program designed to improve teaching techniques by utilizing videotape equipment in teacher workshops. (RB)

Details the findings of a survey of 301 first- through sixth-grade teachers to determine the topics they preferred for inservice training in reading. (DD)

Presents ERIC documents that provide information about the competencies needed to become a successful reading specialist and about the manner in which those competencies might be gained. (FL)