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August 4, 2005

C O N T E N T S

1) ELL literacy instruction: New book on-line
2) PD Corner: Who will coach the coaches?
3) Author Conversations: Joanne Hindley & Aimee Buckner
4) Rearrange your classroom

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1) ELL literacy instruction: New book on-line
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  How many of our students feel frustrated at people's
  expectations of them? How many of them are silent in our
  classrooms? Do we know what each and every one of our
  English language learners is capable of? How much do we
  really know about their true selves or their true
  potential?

--from Chapter 1 of the new book, Balancing Reading and Language 
Learning, by Mary Cappellini

For many teachers, classrooms look very different today than they 
did even five years ago. The number of English language learners 
in the U.S. is exploding, up 84% from 1993-2003, with many states 
experiencing well over 200% growth.

Drawing on over 20 years of experience working with English 
language learners, Mary Cappellini presents a comprehensive guide 
to the best classroom practices and research on teaching reading 
and language acquisition. Regardless of how many ELL students you 
have, the new book Balancing Reading and Language Learning is an 
invaluable resource for understanding and supporting diverse 
learners.

The book is now available in print, and you can also browse the 
entire book on-line:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0367.asp?r=n73

Balancing Reading and Language Learning: A Resource for Teaching 
English Language Learners
Mary Cappellini * 344 pp/paper * $30.00 * Available Now
http://www.stenhouse.com/0367.asp?r=n73

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2) PD Corner: Who will coach the coaches?
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*August Quote of the Month*

"We want our coaches to understand adult learning, not to think 
that, 'I'm the expert here, and I've come to fix what's wrong with 
you.' We want them to think, 'It's part of my responsibility to 
facilitate your learning, and to bring you the information and 
literacy to help you do your job better.'"
-- Cathleen Kral, Boston Public Schools

A recent article from Education Week summarizes the growth of 
literacy coaching, and explores issues such as the qualifications 
of coaches, proper roles, and integration with commercial reading 
programs:

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2005/07/27/43coach.h24.html
(Free registration required.)

This article is part of a new Education Week series on "the new 
and evolving approaches to professional development in education." 
Follow this link to view three other articles in the series:

http://www.edweek.org/ew/collections/leverage-for-learning/

The Annenberg Institute has published a new report featuring 
portraits of six high school literacy coaches working across 
content areas. It is an excellent starting point for staff 
discussions about the potential and the challenges of coaching, 
particularly for current and future coaches and coach 
coordinators. You can download it from this page:

http://www.annenberginstitute.org/publications/SNSCoaches.html

How can coaches convince teachers that they are not supervising? 
How often should coaches report to the principal, and what if the 
principal asks for a coach's assessment of teachers? In an essay 
from English Leadership Quarterly, Cathy Toll addresses these 
questions with several examples, and provides tips for both 
coaches and supervisors (large 2.6 MB file may take some time to 
download):

http://www.ncte.org/library/files/Profdev/TRC/TollELQ.pdf

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3) Author Conversations: Joanne Hindley & Aimee Buckner
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"So what are we supposed to write about?" Our latest Web-only 
video features a conversation between Joanne Hindley, author of In 
the Company of Children, and Aimee Buckner, author of Notebook 
Know-How. In Part I, Joanne and Aimee talk about getting started 
with writers' notebooks: 

http://www.stenhouse.com/conversations.asp?r=n73

Stay tuned for Part II of this conversation, which will be 
featured in the next issue of Newslinks!

Learn more about publications by these authors:

Notebook Know-How: Strategies for the Writer's Notebook
Aimee Buckner * 152 pp/paper * $15.00
http://www.stenhouse.com/0413.asp?r=n73

In the Company of Children * Joanne Hindley
208 pp/paper with full-color insert * $21.00
http://www.stenhouse.com/0010.asp?r=n73

Inside Reading and Writing Workshops * Joanne Hindley
4 20-minute VHS tapes + viewing guide * $395.00
http://www.stenhouse.com/0071.asp?r=n73

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4) Rearrange your classroom
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August is the time when many teachers roll up their sleeves and 
rearrange the furniture. For a fascinating study of how lights, 
acoustics, and furniture placement have measurable effects on 
learning, check out "The Feng Shui of School Design":

http://schoolstudio.engr.wisc.edu/fengshui.html

Scholastic offers an on-line, interactive tool for testing out 
different classroom layouts. Just visit the following page, click 
"Begin," and start dragging and dropping furniture, doors, 
computers, and up to 30 students:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/tools/class_setup/

Teachers working together might also want to reconsider how common 
areas of the school are used by students, and what furniture and 
materials are available there. "The Learning Street" is the new 
buzzword for corridors designed for learning:

http://www.designshare.com/articles/article.asp?article=122

Finally, if you're looking for some fresh ideas for creating a 
comfortable and welcoming classroom environment, the book 
Wonderful Rooms Where Children Can Bloom has scores of innovative 
suggestions:

http://www.stenhouse.com/4814.asp?r=n73

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