Meeting the challenge of adolescent literacy
Subtitle: practical ideas for literacy leaders
By: by Judith L. Irvin ... [et al.].
Contributors: Irvin, Judith L., 1947-
Publisher: International Reading Association
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Newark, DE
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780872076891
Subjects: Reading (Secondary) -- United States.; Language arts (Secondary) -- United States.; Language arts teachers -- United States.; Literacy programs -- United States.; Teenagers -- Books and reading -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-223) and index.
Table of contents: value: What can literacy leaders do to improve student engagement with reading and writing?; value: What can literacy leaders do when low expectations have a negative impact on student motivation and achievement?; value: What can literacy leaders do when data show that most students do not read or write on grade level?; value: What can literacy leaders do to close the literacy achievement gap among groups of students within a school?; value: How can literacy leaders capture and enhance student interest in technology to prepared them to use multiple literacies?; value: When literacy leaders observe in content area classrooms, what kinds of literacy support should they see?; value: How can literacy leaders improve content area writing instruction and increase the amount of quality student writing in all content areas?; value: What can literacy leaders do when instructional strategies are disconnected from learning goals, content objectives, or student needs?; value: How can literacy leaders set up effective language and literacy development for adolescents who are English-language learners?; value: What can literacy leaders do to provide a smooth and positive transition for new students to ensure that students experience ongoing literacy development?; value: What can literacy leaders do to get widespread, active support for a schoolwide literacy improvement effort?; value: How can literacy leaders create a schedule that provides time for teacher collaboration and planning as well as adequate time for students to read, write, and learn?; value: How can literacy leaders best develop teachers as potential leaders and mentors to their colleagues?; value: How can literacy leaders help the school library media specialist support and improve content area literacy instruction?; value: How can literacy leaders better understand, value, and build upon the contributions that families and communities make to students' literacy development?; value: How can literacy leaders sustain a schoolwide literacy improvement effort despite transition of school and district leaders or high teacher turnover?; value: Appendix A: glossary; value: Appendix B: vignettes of literacy-rich classrooms; value: Appendix C: reproducible tools/forms for literacy leaders.