The Literacy Leadership Guide for Elementary Principals

Jason Lau, Tynisha D. Meidl, Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell

ISBN 10: 1475840896 / ISBN 13: 9781475840896

Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, US, 2018

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For the past decade in the United States, elementary principals have faced increased scrutiny. Student performance regardless of student experiences, district funding practices, or societal factors have been the responsibility of the principal. In a similar fashion, teachers have been ridiculed and scorned. As a result, principals are left trying to create positive school culture, evaluate teacher performance, and guide and support professional development initiatives. In the meantime, teachers in many ways do not see themselves as professionals, do not feel that they have autonomy in their classrooms, and as a result may not have the same joy that they once had. The goal of this guide is to assist principals and school leaders to cultivate a school culture where the principal is positioned as the literacy leader. This guide will support principals to address, define, and create a literacy culture. Most importantly, provide insight to support principals in their quest to becoming primary individual responsible for bringing joy to teaching and learning as part of building school culture.

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• Titolo: The Literacy Leadership Guide for Elementary Principals
• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, US
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1475840896
• ISBN 13: 9781475840896
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Peso: 222 grammi

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Riassunto

For the past decade in the United States, elementary principals have faced increased scrutiny. Student performance regardless of student experiences, district funding practices, or societal factors have been the responsibility of the principal. In a similar fashion, teachers have been ridiculed and scorned. As a result, principals are left trying to create positive school culture, evaluate teacher performance, and guide and support professional development initiatives. In the meantime, teachers in many ways do not see themselves as professionals, do not feel that they have autonomy in their classrooms, and as a result may not have the same joy that they once had.

The goal of this guide is to assist principals and school leaders to cultivate a school culture where the principal is positioned as the literacy leader. This guide will support principals to address, define, and create a literacy culture. Most importantly, provide insight to support principals in their quest to becoming primary individual responsible for bringing joy to teaching and learning as part of building school culture.

Informazioni sugli autori

Tynisha D. Meidl, PhD is the Co-Chair of the Education Program and Associate Professor at St. Norbert College. Meidl's research expertise includes curriculum planning for linguistically and culturally diverse student populations, service-learning as pedagogy, as well as Freirean-based approaches in literacy classrooms.

Jason Lau has been a school administrator for 20 years. He has served as a Director of Special Education/Students Services, elementary principal, and a principal of a project-based charter school.

Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, PhD is the Cecil "Pete" Taylor Endowed Professor in Literacy and Urban Education at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA. Sulentic Dowell is Director of the LSU Writing Project and Coordinator, of the Elementary Grades Teacher Education Program.