Literacy Look-Fors (The Classroom Strategy)
Literacy Look Forsis the power tool every principal and instructional leader has been seeking to make a significant impact on literacy! This user-friendly guide facilitates the implementation of literacy classroom walkthroughs in a step-by-step process, and supports instructional leaders with the knowledge and skills they need to simultaneously assess and build instructional capacity within a school setting. Once again, Elaine McEwan-Adkins is making an impact on literacy, which is the heart of learning and achievement for every child! --Josie Floyd, elementary principal, Sutherland Public School, Sutherland, NebraskaWe have so much research and knowledge now regarding best practices in reading instruction that teachers, principals, and coaches often feel overwhelmed by implementation. Elaine's Literacy Look Fors provides a structure for implementing and monitoring best practices in every classroom. Teachers, coaches, and principals will appreciate the guidance and the systematic approach laid out in this book. --Jennifer Sandberg, curriculum coordinator, Sutherland Public School, Sutherland, NebraskaEducators can provide the literacy instruction when they understand the strategies that are researched based.Literacy Look Forsprovides a step-by-step process to build instructional capacity for grade level achievement. I can't wait to use this process in our school! --Nancy Moga, principal, Callaghan Elementary School, Covington, Virginia