The reading specialist
Subtitle: leadership and coaching for the classroom, school, and community
By: Rita M. Bean
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781462521531; 9781462521548
Subjects: Reading teachers; Reading; Remedial teaching
Description: "A trusted resource for day-to-day guidance, professional development, and certification courses, this nuts-and-bolts text explains the varied roles and responsibilities of reading specialists in grades K-12. Rita Bean offers evidence-based best practices for working with struggling readers, supporting teachers, planning curricula, and collaborating with parents, community programs, and granting agencies. Useful features include discussion questions, self-reflective exercises, and lively examples and vignettes"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The role of reading specialists and literacy coaches in schools, classrooms, and communities; title: Working with students: an overview of the instructional role; title: The instructional role: initialing, implementing, and evaluating; title: Leadership of the reading specialist: What does it mean?; title: Professional learning: the new professional development; title: Coaching: improving classroom and school literacy instruction; title: What coaches do to improve instruction: working with individual teachers; title: Developing a school literacy program; facilitating school change; title: Assessment of classroom and school reading programs; title: School, community, and family partnerships; title: Writing proposals; title: The reading specialist as lifelong learner: addressing challenges and changes.