Taking the Lead on Adolescent Literacy :

Directly linked with overall student achievement, graduation rates, and success in higher education, literacy is essential for reaching academic goals in a school or district. Adolescent literacy has become the focus of many school improvement efforts to meet the needs of upper elementary, middle and high school students. Without the requisite expertise in literacy, administrators and other school leaders charged with literacy improvement initiatives need a systemic and sustained approach for improving student literacy and learning. Taking the Lead on Adolescent Literacy presents a concrete, user-friendly, and practical guide to developing, implementing, and monitoring a schoolwide or districtwide literacy action plan for Grades 4-12. Readers will findÂ rubrics, tools, and processes developed and field-tested by the authors over more than 10 years of close work with schools across the country.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
The Model, Process, and Rubrics
Rationale for a Schoolwide Focus on Literacy
Why Focus on Literacy?
How the Literacy Leadership Process Was Developed
The Five-Stage Literacy Leadership Process
How to Use the Literacy Leadership Process
Introduction: The Literacy Action Rubrics
Description of the Rubrics
Using the Literacy Action Rubrics
The Literacy Action Rubrics
Schoolwide Change in Five Stages
Stage 1: Get Ready
Build an Effective Literacy Leadership Team
Create a Vision of a Literacy-Rich School
Use Data to Establish the Need for Literacy Improvement
Next Steps
Stage 2: Assess
Identify School Strengths
Summarize Key Messages From Your School Data
Assess Current School Implementation Using the Literacy Action Rubrics
Draft Literacy Action Goals
Next Steps
Stage 3: Plan
Develop an Implementation Map for Each Literacy Action Goal
Solicit Feedback From the School Community
Revise Literacy Action Goal Statements and Implementation Maps
Publish the Formal Literacy Action Plan
Next Steps
Stage 4: Implement
Organize for Action
Monitor and Troubleshoot Implementation
Monitor Progress Toward Goals
Plan How to Sustain Momentum
Next Steps
Stage 5: Sustain
Summarize Progress Toward Goals
Revise Implementation Maps
Analyze Success as a Literacy Leadership Team
Plan How to Sustain Momentum
Next Steps
Supporting School and District Administrators as Literacy Leaders
The Principal's Role
Support Literacy Leaders
The Five Action Points of the Taking Action Literacy Leadership Model
District Support
Communicate That Literacy Is a Priority
Provide Professional Development
Provide Specific Types of Fiscal Support
Establish Uniform Policies and Procedures Across the District
Use Data to Improve Instruction and Monitor Program Effectiveness
Develop and Implement a District Literacy Action Plan
Use the Five Action Points of the Taking Action Literacy Leadership Model
Review the District Plan to Ensure Alignment With State Planning and Advocacy
Resources
School Vignettes
Tools to Use When Implementing the Five-Stage Process
Examples of Each Rubric Component in Action
High School Case Study
Matrix of Resources Available in Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy and Meeting the Challenge of Adolescent Literacy
Glossary of Terms
References
Index
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Taking the Lead on Adolescent Literacy : Action Steps for Schoolwide Success

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