1st Edition
Literacy Leadership Teams Collaborative Leadership for Improving and Sustaining Student Achievement
In Literacy Leadership Teams: Collaborative Leadership for Improving and Sustaining Student Achievement, Pamela Craig, a veteran English teacher and a vice-president of the Florida Council of Teachers of English, focuses on practical ways for school leaders to establish school-based literacy leadership teams. She carefully outlines each step of the process so that readers will be able to create and sustain literacy leadership teams at their own schools. Craig provides insights and tools designed to bring teachers, administrators, and other members of the school community together to set and achieve goals for improving student achievement in literacy.
Foreword
1. Compelling Whys
2. Assembling the Team
3. Collecting and Analyzing Data
4. Developing the Plan
5. Implementing the Plan
6. Evaluating and Revising the Plan
7. Sustaining the Team
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Works Cited
Biography
Pamela S. Craig has taught high school English for 11 years. She earned her National Board Certification in Adolescent/Young Adult Language Arts in 1999 and recently recertified. Dr. Craig was named the 2001 English Teacher of the Year by the Florida Council of Teachers of English and currently serves as second vice president for the organization. She spent four years working with Florida Literacy and Reading Excellence through the University of Central Florida, helping schools throughout the state of Florida develop literacy plans to improve student achievement. She has presented nationally as well as locally on the topic of improving adolescent literacy. Most recently, Dr. Craig returned to the classroom to continue her research on practical ways to incorporate literacy within the English curriculum. She is passionate about the role of adolescent literacy in preparing students to become participating members of a democratic society and the role that teachers play to prepare students to achieve that goal.
