Teaching advanced literacy skills : a guide for leaders in linguistically diverse schools / Nonie K. Lesaux, Emily Phillips Galloway, Sky H. Marietta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lesaux, Nonie K., author.

Galloway, Emily Phillips, author.

Marietta, Sky H., author.

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts--United States.

Language arts.

United States.

Linguistic minorities--Education--United States.

Linguistic minorities.

Linguistic minorities--Education.

Common Core State Standards (Education).

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In our knowledge-based society, K-8 students need to develop increasingly sophisticated skills to read, write, and speak for a wide variety of purposes and audiences. Including an extended case example from a linguistically diverse school, this book guides school leaders to design and implement advanced literacy instruction through four key shifts: strengthening the instructional core, giving data a central role, using a shared curriculum, and providing supportive and tailored professional development. Reproducible forms and templates facilitate planning and implementation of schoolwide initiatives. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" × 11" size. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Advanced Literacies for the 21st Century

1 Rethinking Literacy and Its Leadership for the 21st Century 3

What Does "Advanced Literacies for All" Mean for School Leaders? 5

A Map of This Book 9

Our Case School 10

The Inspiration for This Book: A Partnership with a Large Urban District 11

2 Defining Advanced Literacies 14

Organization of This Chapter 15

Advanced Literacies: Component Skills and Composite Competencies 16

Four Key Composite Competencies Unpacked 18

Looking Ahead: Leading Advanced Literacies Instruction to Promote Four Key Competencies 26

3 Defining Instructional Leadership for Advanced Literacies 28

Organization of This Chapter 30

Key Shift 1 From Supporting Diverse Learners through Interventions to Focusing on Strengthening the Instructional Core 31

Key Shift 2 From Using Data on the Edges of Our Efforts to Placing Data at the Core of the Literacy improvement Effort 34

Key Shift 3 From Having Practitioners Design and Deliver Instruction to Using a Shared Curriculum to Support Daily Teaching and Learning 38

Key Shift 4 From Using One-Size-Fits All Professional Development Models to Creating Contexts for 21st-century Adult Learning 41

Laying the Groundwork for Advanced Literacy Leadership 44

Summary and Next Steps 45

Part II Leading the Implementation of Four Key Site-Based Shifts for Progress

4 Revisiting and Strengthening the Instructional Core 49

Hallmarks of Advanced Literacies Instruction 51

Organization of This Chapter 52

Hallmark 1 Work with a Variety of Texts That Feature Big Ideas and Rich Content 53

Hallmark 2 Talk/Discuss to Build Language and Knowledge 56

Hallmark 3 Use Extended Writing as a Platform to Budd Language and Knowledge 59

Hallmark 4 Study a Small Set of High-Utility Vocabulary Words Needed to Master Language and Content 61

Hallmark 5 Use Schoolwide Protocols to Support Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening 63

Taking Action: Implementing Key Shift I 65

Indicators of Successful Implementation 66

5 Placing Data at the Core of the Literacy Improvement Effort 68

Organization of This Chapter 70

Issue 1 Too Much Time Is Spent on Assessment 72

Taking Action: Implementing Key Shift 2 81

Issue 2 Data Are Not Easily Accessed for Review and Analysis 85

Issue 3 There Are No Clear Links and Processes between Data Gathering and Instructional Outcomes 87

Conclusions 98

6 Using a Shared Curriculum or Platform to Support Daily Teaching and Learning 101

Organization of This Chapter 102

What Are the Benefits of Curricula for Students, Teachers, and Schools? 103

What Makes a Curriculum "High Quality"? 106

Implementing and Adapting Curricula: A Road Map 107

Taking Action: Implementing Key Shift 3 112

Indicators of Successful Implementation 112

7 Leading the Implementation of Sustained Approaches to Staff Development 114

Organization of This Chapter 115

Updating the Format for Professional Learning 116

Updating the Substance of Professional Learning 120

Taking Action: Implementing Key Shift 4 123

Summary 123

Part III Moving Forward at a School Site

8 Bringing It All Together: Generating a Blueprint for Advanced Literacies Instruction 127

Revisiting the Context of Leading Advanced Literacies Instruction 128

Organization of This Chapter 129

Planning for Action to Promote Advanced Literacies: Four Key Distinctions to Avoid Pitfalls 130

Take Action at Your Site 138

Taking Action: Avoiding Common Pitfalls That Impede Getting to Desired Outcomes 145.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781462526512

1462526519

Publisher Number:

99969120550

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.