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October 27, 2006

C O N T E N T S

1) Responsive Literacy Coaching
2) Author Conversations: Peter Johnston
3) PD Corner: Spotlight on boys
4) TEACH: Inspiration is the Greatest Teacher
5) See Stenhouse authors at NMSA and NAME

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1) Responsive Literacy Coaching
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Literacy coaching has emerged as a major force for improving 
reading instruction and student achievement, and it's crucial that 
coaches be well prepared. In her new book Responsive Literacy 
Coaching, Cheryl Dozier support coaches with a strategic framework 
that promotes responsive, collegial, thoughtful, thought-
provoking, and deliberate coaching, and she provides a range of 
practical tools that coaches can use to achieve their goals.

Focusing on the relationship between coach and teacher, Cheryl 
shows how coaches can effect and sustain change in teaching 
practices while avoiding many pitfalls. Vignettes and examples of 
coaching interactions are woven throughout the book and bring 
together multiple voices from teachers, coaches, administrators, 
and students from a wide variety of classrooms and schools. The 
book includes a foreword by Peter Johnston and a chapter that 
addresses frequently asked questions.

You can browse the entire text of Responsive Literacy Coaching 
online now:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0463.asp?r=n99

Printed copies of the book will be shipping in mid-November.

Responsive Literacy Coaching: Tools for Creating and Sustaining 
Purposeful Change
Cheryl Dozier * Foreword by Peter Johnston * 192 pp/paper * 18.00
http://www.stenhouse.com/0463.asp?r=n99

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2) Author Conversations: Peter Johnston
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"People are deathly afraid of making mistakes. Part of a coach's 
job is to encourage people to make mistakes and think about what 
they can learn from them. It's the fear of mistakes that stops 
people from trying new and interesting things."

In our latest Author Conversations audio podcast, Peter Johnston 
talks about the fear of mistakes and not teaching the "right" way. 
The author of Choice Words and Knowing Literacy also wrestles with 
praise and the use of the word "smart" with students:

http://www.stenhouse.com/johnston.asp?r=n99

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3) PD Corner: Spotlight on boys
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New York Public Radio recently interviewed DePauw University 
English professor Tom Chiarella ("The Problem with Boys", Esquire, 
July 2006) and Dr. Leonard Sax, author of Why Gender Matters. 
Their discussion explores gender differences, achievement and 
college enrollment gaps, and what schools can do to better support 
boys. Listen to the entire 30-minute audio here:

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2006/06/16
(Click on the "Listen" or "Download MP3" link in "The Problem with 
Boys" section, where you will also find a link to the Esquire 
article.)

The think tank Education Sector provides a contrary viewpoint, 
looking at a variety of national statistics and concluding that 
the boy crisis hype is overblown:

http://www.stenhouse.com/rdedsector.htm

Guys Read is an engaging website created by children's book author 
Jon Scieszka. Its mission is to lure boys into reading by helping 
them find high-interest books:

http://www.guysread.com/

The subjects many boys like to write about (war, weapons, 
outlandish fiction, zany or bathroom humor) often do not get a 
warm reception from teachers. In Chapter 5 of his new book Boy 
Writers, Ralph Fletcher argues that we must "widen the circle" and 
give boys more choice if we want to engage them as writers:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0425.asp?r=n99
(Scroll down and click on the Chapter 5 link in the Table of 
Contents.)

EdNews.org has just posted an interview with Ralph Fletcher, 
focusing on his new book:

http://www.stenhouse.com/rdfletcheren.htm

And check out "Spotlight on Boys and Literacy," a collection of 
books, video, and audio resources at stenhouse.com:

http://www.stenhouse.com/boys.asp?r=n99

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4) TEACH: Inspiration is the Greatest Teacher
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The award-winning film TEACH chronicles the trials and rewards of 
four first-year teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School 
District. This inspiring film was produced in tandem with The 
First Year, a Peabody Award-winning film that premiered on PBS, 
and was created to attract talented people to the profession. To 
that end, the film was re-released earlier this year and made 
available for free online:

http://www.teachnow.org/

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5) See Stenhouse authors at NMSA and NAME
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Stenhouse authors Rick Wormeli, Ross Burkhardt, and Jeff Wilhelm 
are hosting sessions at the National Middle School Association 
Conference in Nashville:

* Ross presents "Poetry in the Classroom: Developing Reading, 
Writing, Speaking and Thinking Skills" on 11/3 at 12:15pm and 
"Real Writing for Real Reasons" on 11/3 at 2pm.

* Rick's sessions are "Maintaining Sanity while Differentiating 
Instruction" on 11/4 at 8am and "Practical Strategies for New and 
Fairly New Middle Level Teachers" on 11/4 at 9:45am.

* Jeff will talk about "Going with the Flow: Helping Boys Engage 
with Literacy by Making School Learning More like Life" on 11/3 at 
2pm and "Inquiring Minds Learn to Read and Write: Teaching 
Literacy in the Secondary Classroom" on 11/3 at 3:45pm.

Visit the Stenhouse booth (#940) at NMSA to browse and buy our 
books and videos.

And Mary Cowhey, author of Black Ants and Buddhists, will present 
"Teaching History So Children Will Care: Using Conflict to Explore 
History" at the National Association for Multicultural Education 
Conference in Phoenix on November 11 at 11am.


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