Coming Together as Readers
Building Literacy Teams
Foreword by Dorothy Strickland
This resource also explains how to use university partnerships to help shape, inform, and support reading, as well as Web sites and tips for working with government and professional organizations.
It:
- suggests ways to include parents
- provides protocols for teachers examining
student work together
- shows how teachers can share their own
personal reading with students
- new chapter looks at how to gain greatest
support from libraries and librarians
"This book is perfect for use by teachers and school administrators looking to bridge the reading gap between the school and community. The book has many useful and relevant suggestions."
"I absolutely enjoyed the text. The studies and research-based decisions make the text valuable for schools that are working on their school improvement plans. This book could be used as a textbook for reading improvement!"
"The author holds background as not only a teacher and professor but also former president of the International Reading Association, and provides creative ideas for using university partnerships and family involvement alike to shape reading habits at all levels of education."