Reading Specialists and Literacy Coaches in the Real World, Third Edition, is a unique book designed to prepare reading specialists and literacy coaches to implement reading programs at the school and district level.
The book includes both theoretical and practical information about the varied roles of reading specialist and literacy coaches, including: teacher and diagnostician, intervention provider, curriculum designer, professional developer, coach/ mentor/supervisor, literacy program evaluator, action researcher, and literacy leader.
This Third Edition emphasizes leadership for informed decision making, including standards schools must meet relative to curriculum, advances in technology, and programs for professional development, and economic challenges faced by schools. This book may be used for professional development by reading specialists and literacy coaches, and to prepare administrators to coordinate, implement, and evaluate programs for teaching reading/language arts.