Contents
Foreword? Jack Cassidy ?ix
Acknowledgments?xi
Introduction: Looking Forward, Looking Back?1
Shelley B. Wepner and Diana J. Quatroche
PART I: OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM COMPONENTS AND PERSONNEL?9
1.??Developing a Comprehensive Literacy Program?11
Rita M. Bean
2.??Specialized Literacy Professionals as Leaders?25
Shelley B. Wepner and Diana J. Quatroche
3.??Considering the Foreground and Background of Effective Literacy Coaching?40
Jacy Ippolito
PART II: PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT?53
4.??Understanding Literacy Learning in the Early Years: A Leader?s Guide?55
D. Ray Reutzel and Parker C. Fawson
5.??Improving Literacy Achievement in the Elementary Grades?69
Timothy Rasinski, Chase Young, and Meghan Valerio
6.??The Role of Leadership in Secondary Literacy Reform?83
William G. Brozo
PART III: PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION?97
7.??Selecting Materials for Literacy Programs That Foster Instructional Equity?99
Alejandro Gonzalez Ojeda, Toni Faddis, and Diane Lapp
8.??Teacher Evaluation?110
Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher
9.??Professional Development?121
Maryann Mraz, Jean Payne Vintinner, and Miranda S. Fitzgerald
10.??Assessing Students? Reading Development and Reading Achievement?135
Peter Afflerbach, Hyoju Ahn, and Moonyoung Park
11.??Evaluation and Change in Literacy Programs: Using the PASS Model for School and District Improvement?147
Misty Sailors and James V. Hoffman with Jimmie Walker and Yadira Palacios
PART IV: INTERCONNECTIONS?161
12.??Promoting Writing With Reading and Learning?163
Julie K. Kidd and M. Susan Burns
13.??Reaching Linguistically Diverse Students Through Exemplary Language, Literacy, and Content Teaching?174
MaryEllen Vogt
14.??Meeting the Needs of Students With Reading Disabilities Through Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)?185
Jennifer L. Goeke and Kristen D. Ritchey
15.??Providing Classroom Leadership in New Literacies: Preparing Students for Their Future?198
Elena Forzani, Clint Kennedy, and Donald J. Leu
16.??Working With Parents and the Community?210
Patricia A. Edwards, Lisa M. Domke, and Marliese R. Peltier
About the Contributors?219
Index?225
