Raising reading achievement at your school
"What you focus on is what will grow." — Joan Freck, School principal, Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia
School-level Leadership
- School Culture: The Hidden Curriculum
- Characteristics of Improved School Districts
- Role of Principal Leadership in Improving Student Achievement
- Supporting a School-Wide Reading Initiative with Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
- What Principals Can Do to Help Students Become Good Readers
- Principal as Instructional Leader: Designing a Coaching Program That Fits
See also: Topics A-Z: School-wide Efforts
What It Takes to Teach Reading
- 10 Things You Should Know About Reading
- Roles of the Reading Specialist
- Who Are the Children Who Have Reading Difficulties?
- A Tale of Two Schools
- Webcast: Establishing an Effective Reading Program
- Webcast: Assessment: On Track for Reading Success
Principal Reading Walkthrough Checklists
Use this tool to get a snapshot of classroom organization, reading instruction, and learning opportunities in the classroom. (Florida Center for Reading Research)
Closing the Achievement Gap
- Teaching All Students to Read: Practices from Reading First Schools with Strong Intervention Outcomes
- Time to Learn: Benefits of a Longer School Day
- Effective Out-of-School Time Reading Programs
- On Summer Loss
- Webcast: Summer Reading
Supporting Teachers
- The Process of Professional Development
- Professional Development for Reading
- Instructional Coaching
- What Does the Research Tell Us About Teacher Leadership?
- Avoiding a Rush to Judgment: Teacher Evaluation and Teacher Quality
