Identifying what exemplary teachers know and do to promote literacy achievement at every grade level, this highly motivating book provides step-by-step guidance for professional development. It helps teachers assess their strengths and build their competencies in six key domains of literacy instruction directly linked to student success. Featuring skills-building exercises, sample lesson plans, book lists, and over a dozen reproducibles, the book illustrates specific actions that teachers can take to emulate their most effective colleagues in school districts around the country.

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New to This Edition

* Revised and updated based on the authors' professional development work with over 20,000 educators.

* Expanded to cover K?12 (prior edition covered K?5).

* Now includes material for literacy coaches and administrators, as well as teachers.

* "Teacher-in-Action" cases offer vivid snapshots of exemplary practices.

*Many of the activities and reproducibles are new or revised.