Improving Reading Achievement Through Professional Development

Edited by: Dorothy S. Strickland, Michael L. Kamil

Students’ literacy achievement is not unrelated to the preparation and professional development their teachers receive. In this volume, experts in preservice and inservice education describe successful approaches for increasing teachers’ literacy understanding and practices. In 23 chapters from leaders in the field, including Gay Su Pinnell, Dorothy Strickland, Jean Osborn, and WestEd’s Cynthia Greenleaf and Ruth Schoenbach, learn about differentiation, the IRA’s literacy study groups, strategic inquiry designs, university/school partnerships, the Benchmark School, the principal’s role, coaching, teacher-led professional development, block scheduling, using videotape in the classroom, and more.