Literacy Leadership Tools (Years 9 to 13)
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9 to 13)
Using the materials from the Literacy Leadership in New Zealand Schools
(Years 9 to 13) programme
The Literacy Leadership materials can be used to engage teachers and
members of senior management teams and boards of trustees in professional
discussion and reflection in order to promote awareness of effective literacy
classroom and school-wide practices before planning literacy initiatives.
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Literacy Leadership materials that could
be used |
| Raising awareness |
to increase their knowledge of the issues
to discuss assumptions and findings
to become aware of the ways in which various schools are approaching
literacy issues |
sections of Awareness Workshop for Principals
the inquiry tools
introduced in Awareness Workshop for Principals
the research and case studies within the four modules Collecting
and Analysing Data, Collaboration and Interventions,
Home-school Partnerships, and Transitions between Learning
Settings
[pdf file - 175KB]
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| Being ready |
to be able to ask the right questions
to know what constitutes good evidence of a literate school
to recognise evidence when it is there |
the literacy
self-review tool from Readiness Workshop for Principals and
Literacy Leaders
[pdf file - 68KB]
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| Meeting student needs |
to identify the students' literacy strengths
and needs
to identify the achievement goals of the students and a range
of pathways for meeting their goals |
the literacy data collected by the school |
| Building the school's capacity |
to identify pathways to support change
in policy and/or practice
to identify focused initiatives to support teachers in changing
their practice |
the literacy
action plan from Readiness Workshop for Principals and Literacy
Leaders
[pdf file - 18KB]
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Copyright
The inquiry tool "For use with students in informal discussion or in
focus groups" copyright © Trevor McDonald and Christina Thornley
The inquiry tool "Classroom observation" copyright © D. Wray, J.
Medwell, R. Fox, L. Poulson, and Carfax Publishing
The inquiry tool "Questions for teacher reflection" copyright ©
Thames High School
The inquiry tool "Questions with school-wide focus" copyright ©
John Taylor and
Dunedin College of Education
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