They ask questions and seek answers in reflective teaching. The work of the literacy coordinator or consultant is self-evident in a literate environment. Students are engaged in all aspects of literacy that support interest and growth. Students have access to and are familiar with the rewards and pleasures of wide, varied, independent, and personally meaningful reading and writing experiences. Students know their teachers value reading and writing and promote literacy activities for a variety of purposes.
Students see themselves as active, confident participants in a literate society.
Students assume responsibility for their own learning through reading and writing with a wide variety of relevant, high-quality, multimedia materials. The effective literacy coordinator or consultant exhibits a broad range of theoretically based instructional strategies. Questioning strategies are modeled and explained. The effective literacy coordinator or consultant has established numerous means for communicating information about reading and literacy. Parents know how to support their students with literacy development.