Standards for middle and high school literacy coaches /

Standards for middle and high school literacy coaches /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Newark, Del. : International Reading Association, c2005.
Description:	p. cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Content area reading -- United States. Reading (Middle school) -- United States -- Standards. Reading (Secondary) -- United States -- Standards. Content area reading. Reading (Secondary) -- Standards. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5850410

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Other authors / contributors:	International Reading Association. National Council of Teachers of English.
ISBN:	0872075974
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	Adolescents today require high degrees of literacy in order to understand complex texts in a variety of media, covering a range of topics and subject areas. In recognition of this need, middle and high schools in the United States are turning increasingly to "literacy coaches" to lend their expertise and support to content area teachers who may not be confident in their knowledge of effective reading instruction. Literacy coaching -- form of highly targeted professional development -- can be a potent vehicle for improving reading skills. When well delivered, it includes features identified as part of effective professional development: Grounded in inquiry and reflection; Participant driven and collaborative, involving knowledge sharing among teachers within communities of practice; Sustained, ongoing, and intensive. This booklet outlines the ideal of what a literacy coach should know and be able to do -- in delivering both leadership and support in individual content areas. It is offered as a blueprint not only for literacy coaches themselves, but for policymakers, school and district administrators, and teacher educators, in the hope that it will help support and develop coaching in ways that will most benefit adolescent learners.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
About the collaborators
Introduction
Part 1. Leadership standards
Part 2. Content area literacy standards
Part 3. What we know and what we need to know about literacy coaches in middle and high schools : a research synthesis and proposed research agenda
References.