Understanding and Implementing Reading First Initiatives

The Changing Role of Administrators

Carrice Cummins, editor

“Literacy professionals will embrace this book as the missing link in their overall effort for program improvement.”
— Dorothy S. Strickland, from the foreword

As an administrator in the U.S. education system, you need to be more than a good manager — you need to understand high-quality reading instruction, so you can serve your teachers and help your school meet Reading First requirements. This resource provides the tools:

Guidance for your role as a leader in literacy instruction

Lesson plans and classroom strategies you can share with your teachers

Information on the essential elements of reading instruction, oral language, writing, motivation, intervention for struggling readers, and the role of the literacy coach

Although written with the administrator in mind, this collection also can be used by teachers, teacher educators, staff developers, and policymakers as they support literacy teaching and learning in U.S. schools.

An IRA Book Club selection, February 2006

© 2006 | 184 pp. | ISBN 10: 0-87207-593-1

Also of interest:

Evidence-Based Reading Instruction

Leading a Successful Reading Program

For college/university faculty:

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