{"product_id":"learning-communities-guide-to-improving-reading-instruction","title":"Learning Communities Guide to Improving Reading Instruction","description":"\u003ci\u003e  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This is an important book. The themes of attending to individual needs, providing assessment-driven instruction, and creating long-term, focused professional development plans are solid and consistent throughout.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eGay Ivey, Graduate Program Coordinator, Reading Education Program\u003cbr\u003eJames Madison University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This book does a wonderful job of bridging the chasm that often exists between the separate worlds of higher education and K-12 educators. It applies powerful research findings and nontechnical, jargon-free advice for classroom teachers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFrom the Foreword by Richard DuFour and Rebecca DuFour\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreate professional learning communities to improve reading instruction and students′ performance!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter observing over 300 classrooms, authors Valerie Hastings Gregory and M. Jan Rozzelle provide the perfect framework, knowledge, and tools necessary to help create a community of literacy coaches, leaders, and teachers to improve reading across schools. Demonstrating the critical link between adult learning and student learning that makes professional learning communities our best hope for improving reading and comprehension for today′s students, this rich developmental resource provides solid information, powerful research findings, specific, pragmatic and proven strategies that teachers can apply immediately in the classroom.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKey features and benefits for implementation include:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReflective survey of \"look-fors\" to identify strengths and weaknesses   \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow-to and when-to guidelines for strategies   \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA learning communities model for professional development for reading instruction, providing the groundwork for effective and lasting improvement   \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eValuable tables, charts, planning guides, and reproducibles to facilitate discussion, reflection, and goal setting \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Learning Communities Guide to Improving Reading Instruction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e will help educators identify and apply new approaches, improve and add to their instructional repertoire, and ultimately benefit their students′ reading performance so no child \u003ci\u003eor\u003c\/i\u003e teacher is \"left behind.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54245788582232,"sku":"9780761931768","price":39.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780761931768.jpg?v=1777770922","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/learning-communities-guide-to-improving-reading-instruction","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}