The Literacy Leader's Toolkit - Raising standards across the curriculum 11-19

Zusatztext Here! instead of presenting the notion as a troublesome necessity to be tackled bravely! the authors retain a sense of infectious enthusiasm throughout - yes! the idea is to enable students to express themselves effectively across the curriculum! but at the same time! there is a real sense of nurturing a love of language! too. This is as much an uplifting read as it is a useful manual and as such! a worthy addition to your reference shelves. Informationen zum Autor Graham Tyrer has thirty-two years experience of leading and teaching in secondary schools. He was a headteacher of two secondary schools for ten years. Graham's subject specialism is English. He has experience in school improvement and training. Graham is a published author in the field of literacy and school leadership. He won a Times Educational Supplement Outstanding Literacy Initiative Award, Specialist Schools and Academies Trust Every Child Matters National Literacy Award and Secondary Teacher of the Year Award. Klappentext In their new book, the winners of the TES National Award for Outstanding Literacy Initiative share the secrets behind school improvement through raising literacy levels across the curriculum. Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor draw on the successful literacy initiative that raised their school from good to outstanding, as well as their work in three UK schools with a range of Ofsted ratings. The 54 practical strategies are grouped into beginning, embedding, sustaining and evaluating stages and include ideas such as choosing the literacy focus of your school, involving students as literacy leaders and creating a 'Litbox'. Each entry details the literacy outcomes of the strategy, provides step by step guidance for implementing and sustaining it and includes feedback and tips for staff and students who have used it. The Literacy Leader's Toolkit is a must read for all literacy coordinators and leaders who want to implement a whole-school programme , as well as for those teachers who are determined to improve the literacy provision in their classroom. A must have guide for busy leaders! A great resource which provides at a glance, easy to apply strategies for improving standards of literacy for all learners to engage with. -- Fiona Froment, Principal, Aylesbury Vale Academy Fiona Froment, Principal, Aylesbury Vale Academy A complete tried-and-tested tool for improving literacy across the curriculum. Zusammenfassung In their new book, the winners of the TES National Award for Outstanding Literacy Initiative share the secrets behind school improvement through raising literacy levels across the curriculum.Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor draw on the successful literacy initiative that raised their school from good to outstanding, as well as their work in three UK schools with a range of Ofsted ratings. The 54 practical strategies are grouped into beginning, embedding, sustaining and evaluating stages and include ideas such as choosing the literacy focus of your school, involving students as literacy leaders and creating a 'Litbox'. Each entry details the literacy outcomes of the strategy, provides step by step guidance for implementing and sustaining it and includes feedback and tips for staff and students who have used it.The Literacy Leader's Toolkit is a must read for all literacy coordinators and leaders who want to implement a whole-school programme , as well as for those teachers who are determined to improve the literacy provision in their classroom. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction / PART 1 Planning Your Literacy Programme/ What is Literacy? / How to develop literacy across the curriculum. / Mapping out a two-year plan. / PART 2 Putting Your Literacy Programme into Practice / 1 The Beginning Stage / Strategies 1-8 / 2 The Embedding Stage / Strategies 9-38 / 3 The Sustaining Stage / Strategies 39-47 / 4 Evaluating Impact / Strategies 48...

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• Autori: Patrick Taylor, Patrick Tyrer Taylor, Graham Tyrer, Graham Taylor Tyrer
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.06.2013
• EAN: 9781441138835
• ISBN: 978-1-4411-3883-5
• Pagine: 248
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 236 mm x 14 mm
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; EDUCATION / Leadership, School Governors & School Boards