The Reading Specialist: Leadership for the Classroom, School, and Community (Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy) - Softcover

Bean, Rita M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572309822 ISBN 13: 9781572309821

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 2003

Synopsis

Timely and accessible, this book provides nuts-and-bolts information and guidance for reading specialists in grades K-12 as well as those preparing for certification. The focus is on the many responsibilities of today's reading specialist, from teaching individual students to taking a leadership role in the schoolwide literacy program. Including discussion questions, self-reflective exercises, and lively examples and vignettes, the book presents research-based frameworks for working with struggling readers and their teachers; providing professional development and coaching; planning curriculum and conducting assessments; collaborating with parents and community-based programs; writing winning grant proposals; and much more.

About this title

About the Author:

Rita M. Bean, PhD, is Professor of Education at the University of Pittsburgh, where she also directs a reading specialist intern program and the University Reading Center. Widely published in the professional literature, Dr. Bean is a former classroom teacher and K/n-/12 reading supervisor.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

1. The Role of Reading Specialists in Schools and Classrooms 2. An Overview of the Instructional Role 3. The Instructional Role: Initializing, Implementing, and Evaluating 4. Leadership of the Reading Specialist: What Does It Mean? 5. Professional Development 6. Coaching: Improving Classroom Literacy Instruction 7. Developing a School Reading Program 8. Assessment 9. School, Community, and Family Partnerships 10. Writing Proposals 11. The Reading Specialist as Lifelong Learner: Meeting Challenges and Changes Appendix A. Support for Reading Specialists Appendix B. Preparation for Job Interviews

About this edition

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1572309822
• ISBN 13: 9781572309821
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 213