Rita M. Bean

272 Pages Size: 6" x 9"
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2. An Overview of the Instructional Role

3. The Instructional Role: Initiating, Implementing, and Evaluating

4. Leadership of the Reading Specialist: What Does It Mean?

5. Professional Development

6. Coaching: Improving Classroom and School Literacy Instruction

7. What Coaches Do to Improve Instruction: Working with Individual Teachers

8. Developing a School Reading Program

9. Assessment of Classroom and School Reading Programs

10. School, Community, and Family Partnerships

11. Writing Proposals

12. The Reading Specialist as Lifelong Learner: Meeting Challenges and Changes

Appendix A. Sample Observation Form

Appendix B. Observation Protocol for Content-Area Instruction

Appendix C. Preparation for Job Interviews

Appendix D. Ideas for Course or Workshop Instructors