Stenhouse Newslinks
February 17, 2006
C O N T E N T S
1) Full text of ten new books on-line
2) Teacher-centered PD in Portland, Oregon
3) Author Conversations: Debbie Diller
4) PD Corner: The many roles of a literacy coach
5) An interview with Alfred Tatum
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1) Full text of ten new books on-line
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We've posted the full text of ten new books from Pembroke
Publishers, distributed by Stenhouse in the U.S. On each Web page
listed below, scroll down to the table of contents to find
clickable links to each chapter.
Happy browsing!
What's Next for this Beginning Writer? Mini-Lessons that Take
Writing from Scribbles to Script * Janine Reid and Betty Shultze
http://www.stenhouse.com/8187.asp?r=n83
55 Teaching Dilemmas: Ten Powerful Solutions to Almost Any
Classroom Challenge * Kathy Paterson
http://www.stenhouse.com/8191.asp?r=n83
The Principal Difference: Key Issues in School Leadership and How
to Deal with Them Successfully * Susan Church
http://www.stenhouse.com/8193.asp?r=n83
Exploring Writing in the Content Areas: Teaching and Supporting
Learners in Any Subject * Maria Carty
http://www.stenhouse.com/8188.asp?r=n83
The Novel Experience: Steps for Choosing and Using Fiction in the
Classroom (Flipchart) * Larry Swartz
http://www.stenhouse.com/8200.asp?r=n83
Q Tasks: How to Empower Students to Ask Questions and Care About
Answers * Carol Koechlin and Sandi Zwaan
http://www.stenhouse.com/8197.asp?r=n83
Literacy, Libraries, and Learning: Using Books and Online
Resources to Promote Reading, Writing and Research * Ray Doiron
and Marlene Asselin
http://www.stenhouse.com/8196.asp?r=n83
Story Drama: Creating Stories Through Role Playing, Improvising
and Reading Aloud (2nd Edition) * David Booth
http://www.stenhouse.com/8192.asp?r=n83
Student Diversity: Classroom Strategies to Meet the Learning Needs
of All Students * Faye Brownlie, Catherine Feniak, and Leyton
Schnellert
http://www.stenhouse.com/8198.asp?r=n83
Bullied Teacher, Bullied Student: How to Recognize the Bullying
Culture in Your School and What to Do About It * Les Parsons
http://www.stenhouse.com/8190.asp?r=n83
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2) Teacher-centered PD in Portland, Oregon
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"Teachers teaching teachers is like the blind leading the
blind," a literacy "expert" told senior Portland Public
Schools administrators in the fall of 2005, while
discussing my three-year writing proposal, which included
classroom teachers sharing strategies and lessons to
improve writing in Portland's elementary schools. Instead,
elementary teachers will get yet another outside expert
with a program and a large price tag.
The current issue of Rethinking Schools is a special edition
focusing on teacher quality. In "Teachers Teaching Teachers,"
Linda Christensen describes professional development programs
where teachers play a central role in developing and sharing
curriculum:
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/20_02/ttt202.shtml
Learn more about Portland's summer literacy camps in this article
from the Fall 2001 issue:
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/16_01/Camp161.shtml
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3) Author Conversations: Debbie Diller
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In the latest addition to our Author Conversations series, Debbie
Diller talks about the benefits of her first book, Literacy Work
Stations, for both new and experienced teachers:
http://www.stenhouse.com/html/videoconversations.htm
Follow this link to read Chapter 1, "What Is a Literacy Work
Station?":
http://www.stenhouse.com/0353.asp?r=n83
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4) PD Corner: The many roles of a literacy coach
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*February Quote of the Month*
"They call it coaching but it is teaching. You do not just tell
them--you show them the reasons."
--Vince Lombardi
Many schools are launching literacy coaching programs, with both
the coaches and the "coached" defining their roles as they go.
For help with a new literacy coaching program, here are two useful
resources.
The International Reading Association has published "Standards for
Middle and High School Literacy Coaches" in collaboration with
NCTE, NCTM, NCSS, and NSTA. This 60-page guide includes sections
on leadership, content area literacy, and evaluating literacy
coaching models. The latter section explores the roles and
responsibilities of literacy coaches. You can download the entire
document here:
http://www.reading.org/resources/issues/reports/coaching.html
(Click on "Download the full text" halfway down the page.)
Jennifer Allen's new book, Becoming a Literacy Leader, is still
available in its entirety for preview on the Web. Chapter 3, "My
Life in Seven Stories," demonstrates how Jennifer integrates the
coaching component of her work into a district-wide writing in-
service program over an entire year:
http://www.stenhouse.com/0419.asp?r=n83
(Scroll down the page to Chapter 3 under the Contents.)
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5) An interview with Alfred Tatum
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Is it necessary to share similar experiences with black adolescent
males to teach them successfully? Stenhouse author Alfred Tatum
recently answered this and other questions in an interview with
EducationNews.org:
http://www.stenhouse.com/rdtatum.htm
Learn more about Alfred Tatum's book, Teaching Reading to Black
Adolescent Males:
http://www.stenhouse.com/0393.asp?r=n83
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