Reading Skills, Education, reading, phonics, development, leadership, coaching, community, classroom development, educators, remedial teaching, remedial 

The definitive practitioner resource and text for developing excellence as a PreK-12 literacy/reading specialist is now updated to reflect key changes in the field. Delving into the literacy specialist's multiple leadership roles, the book provides strategies for teaching children experiencing difficulty with reading and writing; supporting teachers through coaching and professional learning opportunities; designing curricula; conducting assessments at the student, classroom, and school levels; and building strong school, family, and community partnerships. Pedagogical features include vignettes from exemplary practitioners, questions for discussion and reflection, follow-up activities, and ideas for instructors and workshop leaders.  

About the Authors --
Preface --
Acknowledgments --
Contents --
1. The Role of Literacy Professionals in Schools, Classrooms, and Communities -- Where We Were: The Evolution of the Role -- From Reading Specialist to Literacy Specialist -- Where We Are Today: The Multifaceted Role of Literacy Specialists -- Current Factors Affecting the Role of Specialized Literacy Professionals -- Where We Are Going: A Crystal Ball? -- Summary --
2. Teaching Students: An Overview of the Instructional Role Response to Intervention and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support -- The Instructional Role of the Literacy Specialist -- Approaches to Collaboration --
Supporting Classroom Instruction and Needs of Individual Students -- Pullout or In-Class Instruction: Is That the Question? -- Ideas to Foster Effective Collaboration in Instructional Roles -- Summary --
3. The Instructional Role: Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating -- Developing the Program --
The Culture of the School and Classrooms -- Working at Various Levels -- Literacy Specialists at the Middle and High School Levels Getting Feedback (Evaluating the Program) -- Students Experiencing Literacy Difficulties: Who Are They? What Are Key Assumptions about Teaching Them? -- Summary --
4. Leadership of the Literacy Specialist: What Does It Mean? -- What Is Leadership? -- Characteristics and Qualifications of Effective Leaders -- Working with Groups -- The Literacy Specialist as Leader -- Serving as a Resource to Teachers -- A Resource for Specialized Professionals -- A Resource for Administrators -- Summary --
5. Professional Learning: The New Professional Development -- Revitalizing the Wasteland The Status of Professional Development: What We Know from Research -- What Is Professional Development? What Is Professional Learning? -- Improving Professional Learning: Schools as Places of Learning -- Standards for Professional Learning -- Designing Effective Professional Learning Experiences: Time for Teachers --
Guidelines for Developing, Leading, and Evaluating an Effective Professional Learning Program -- Summary --
6. Coaching: Improving Classroom and School Literacy Instruction -- Coaching: Why and What? -- Variations in Definitions of Coaching An Interactive Framework of Instructional Coaching -- Comparison of Coaching at the Elementary Level versus the Secondary Level -- Activities of Coaching -- Summary --
7. Coaching Individual Teachers to Improve Literacy Teaching and Learning -- The Literacy Specialist as Coach: Getting Started -- Coaching Activities with Individual Teachers -- The Reality of the School -- Summary --
8. Developing a School Literacy Program: Facilitating School Change -- Barriers to Creating Large-Scale Change -- What Should We Do?