Title The literacy principal : leading, supporting, and assessing reading and writing initiatives / David Booth, Jennifer Rowsell ; foreword by Michael Fullan.

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Markham, Ont. : Pembroke Publishers, c2007.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	428.4071 B725L	Check Shelf

Edition	2nd ed.
Description	159 p. ; 28 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-155) and index.
Contents	Introduction: Leading from Within and Without -- Ch. 1. Creating a Culture of Literacy in Your School -- Leadership Role -- Keeping Teachers Up-to-Date -- Creating a Professional Community -- Developing an Effective Literacy Program -- What We Need to Observe in Our Literacy Schools -- Concluding Thoughts -- Leadership and Literacy in Action -- Ch. 2. Understanding Literacy Principles and Practices -- What We Know about Literacy -- Thinking Outside the Box: The New Literacies -- Cueing Systems for Reading -- Critical Comprehension -- Stages of Reading -- English Language Learners -- Reader in Difficulty -- Boys and Literacy -- Appropriate Levels of Literacy Challenge -- Intervention Process -- Writing -- Models of Effective Literacy Programs -- Concluding Thoughts -- Leadership and Literacy in Action -- Ch. 3. Creating Literary Success in Your School -- Supporting Literacy Success -- Creating Writing Opportunities -- Technology Infusion: From the Outside In -- Supporting a Whole-School Approach to Literacy -- Concluding Thoughts -- Leadership and Literacy in Action -- Ch. 4. Assessing from the Inside Out -- Assessing and Evaluating the Whole Picture -- Understanding Standardized Tests -- Connecting Assessment and Teaching -- Deciding What to Assess -- Some Ways of Assessing -- Concluding Thoughts -- Leadership and Literacy in Action -- Conclusion: Leading Toward Literacy.
Summary	"This timely book explores the issues around leadership and literacy. It offers an overview of the most successful strategies for creating a support network that will nurture and build a powerful reading environment. It shows school leaders how to assess and evaluate existing programs and suggests new, innovative ways to move schools forward."--Jacket.
Subject	Reading.
	English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching.
	Literacy.
	School principals.
	Educational leadership.
	Educational leadership. (OCoLC)fst00903527
	English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst00911595
	Literacy. (OCoLC)fst00999859
	Reading. (OCoLC)fst01090626
	School principals. (OCoLC)fst01107681
	Lesen.
	Motivation (DE-588)4040364-6
	Schreiben (DE-588)4116418-0
	Schulleiter (DE-588)4127948-7
	Schüler.
Added Author	Rowsell, Jennifer, 1969-
ISBN	9781551382166
	1551382164

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