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A Leader’s Guide to Reading and Writing in a PLC at Work®, Secondary Free Reproducibles

Discover how leaders can establish a culture that supports effective reading and writing strategies for grades 6 through 12. This guide outlines how to take urgent action to increase literacy rates and student learning outcomes in your professional learning community (PLC).

Benefits

  • Launch your journey to become a literacy leader with effective listening, learning, and engagement in active leadership.
  • Recognize the importance of data to new literacy-focused initiatives, reading instruction, and writing strategies.
  • Establish effective professional development and differentiated instructional strategies for effective literacy instruction across academic disciplines.
  • Measure literacy growth and sustain an environment of continual literacy learning to improve student learning outcomes.

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Leaders of Literacy
Chapter 1: Confronting the Challenges of Leading Literacy
Chapter 2: Starting With Listening, Learning, and Leading
Chapter 3: Leading With Data
Chapter 4: Leading Professional Learning
Chapter 5: Leading Instruction
Chapter 6: Leading Intervention
Chapter 7: Measuring Growth and Sustainability
Epilogue

Study Guide

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  • Onuscheck, M., Spiller, J. (Eds.), Argentar, D. M., Gillies, K. A. N., Rubenstein, M. M., & Wise, B. R. (2020b). Reading and writing strategies for the secondary science classroom in a PLC at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
  • Onuscheck, M., Spiller, J. (Eds.), Argentar, D. M., Gillies, K. A. N., Rubenstein, M. M., & Wise, B. R. (2021). Reading and writing strategies for the secondary social studies classroom in a PLC at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
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  • Simms, J. A., & Marzano, R. J. (2019). The new art and science of teaching reading. Bloomington, IN: Marzano Resources.
  • Sloper, C., & Grift, G. (2021). Collaborative teams that work: The definitive guide to cycles of learning in a PLC. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
  • Sonju, B., Kramer, S. V., Mattos, M., & Buffum, A. (2019). Best practices at Tier 2: Supplemental interventions for additional student support, secondary. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
  • Spiller, J., & Power, K. (2019). Leading with intention: Eight areas for reflection and planning in your PLC at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.

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