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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.
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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- Figure I.2: Reading-comprehension process poster
- Figure 3.1: Strengths and needs assessment and summary template
- Figure 3.2: Action-plan template
- Figure 5.1: Teacher literacy-needs survey
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