Stenhouse Newslinks
January 20, 2006
C O N T E N T S
1) PD Corner: Becoming a Literacy Leader
2) Connect with your ELLs
3) Author Conversations: Bruce Morgan
4) Building anti-bullying partnerships with families
5) Engage students to improve adolescent literacy
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1) PD Corner: Becoming a Literacy Leader
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*January Quote of the Month*
"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."
--John F. Kennedy
In the new book, Becoming a Literacy Leader, Jennifer Allen
explores her role as literacy specialist, staff developer, and
study group facilitator, working side-by-side with new and veteran
teachers to support the latest literacy teaching practices.
This book provides a portrait of successful schoolwide literacy
and PD practices for principals, literacy specialists, coaches,
and anyone in a leadership role. You will find practical
suggestions for collaborative change, coaching, intervention,
fluency, assessment, and designing a literacy room for meetings
and professional development.
Becoming a Literacy Leader is now available in print, and you can
also review the entire text on-line:
http://www.stenhouse.com/0419.asp?r=n81
Becoming a Literacy Leader: Supporting Learning and Change
Jennifer Allen * 152 pp/paper * $18.00
Foreword by Karen Szymusiak and Franki Sibberson
http://www.stenhouse.com/0419.asp?r=n81
The Web has a wealth of resources for new school and district
literacy leaders. Here are two sites that provide excellent
starting points for discussing leadership and taking action.
In "A Blueprint for Literacy Leadership," the Children's Literacy
Initiative identifies nine key areas of knowledge and suggests
resources for achieving them:
http://www.cliontheweb.org/principals_blueprint.html
New Zealand's Literacy Leadership Project includes tools for
schools and districts to systematically tackle the development of
a schoolwide vision. The goals and suggested action plans can be
found here:
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/literacy_numeracy/lit_lead_tools_1_8_e.php
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2) Connect with your ELLs
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The current issue of NEA Today features strategies for teaching
English language learners, including a series of tips from
Stenhouse author Kathleen Fay:
http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0601/coverstory.html
You can also view a three-minute video of Kathleen using
storytelling to engage students in a kindergarten classroom:
http://www.nea.org/neatodayextra/ell.html
Kathleen Fay is the co-author (with Suzanne Whaley) of Becoming
One Community: Reading and Writing with English Language Learners.
For details, including the full text of Chapter 1, visit this
page:
http://www.stenhouse.com/0368.asp?r=n81
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3) Author Conversations: Bruce Morgan
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Find your passion, define your values, and communicate them to
parents and others. That's the advice of classroom teacher and
Stenhouse author Bruce Morgan, in the latest addition to our
Author Conversations series:
http://www.stenhouse.com/html/videoconversations.htm
Bruce is the author of Writing Through the Tween Years. You can
read Chapter 1, "Understanding Tween Writers," on-line:
http://www.stenhouse.com/0406.asp?r=n81
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4) Building anti-bullying partnerships with families
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In the winter issue of the New Horizons for Learning journal, Les
Parsons writes about how families can play a key role in whole-
school anti-bullying efforts:
http://www.stenhouse.com/rdparsons.htm
Les Parsons is the author of the new book, Bullied Teacher,
Bullied Student: How to Recognize the Bullying Culture in Your
School and What to Do About It. Browse the entire text of this
book on-line:
http://www.stenhouse.com/8190.asp?r=n81
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5) Engage students to improve adolescent literacy
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The North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) recently
published "Using Student Engagement to Improve Adolescent
Literacy." This 20-page guide explains how student engagement is
linked to achievement, and includes concrete steps that schools
and districts can take in the areas of curriculum, instruction,
assessment, and professional development. You can download the
entire guide here:
http://www.ncrel.org/litweb/adolescent/qkey10/
This is the latest in a series of "Quick Key" guides from NCREL
designed to help educators understand and implement the
requirements of NCLB. To access the complete series, follow this
link:
http://www.ncrel.org/policy/curve/resource.htm#resources
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