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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| The Model, Process, and Rubrics | |
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| Rationale for a Schoolwide Focus on Literacy | |
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| Why Focus on Literacy? | |
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| How the Literacy Leadership Process Was Developed | |
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| The Five-Stage Literacy Leadership Process | |
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| How to Use the Literacy Leadership Process | |
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| Introduction: The Literacy Action Rubrics | |
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| Description of the Rubrics | |
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| Using the Literacy Action Rubrics | |
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| The Literacy Action Rubrics | |
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| Schoolwide Change in Five Stages | |
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| Stage 1: Get Ready | |
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| Build an Effective Literacy Leadership Team | |
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| Create a Vision of a Literacy-Rich School | |
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| Use Data to Establish the Need for Literacy Improvement | |
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| Next Steps | |
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| Stage 2: Assess | |
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| Identify School Strengths | |
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| Summarize Key Messages From Your School Data | |
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| Assess Current School Implementation Using the Literacy Action Rubrics | |
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| Draft Literacy Action Goals | |
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| Next Steps | |
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| Stage 3: Plan | |
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| Develop an Implementation Map for Each Literacy Action Goal | |
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| Solicit Feedback From the School Community | |
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| Revise Literacy Action Goal Statements and Implementation Maps | |
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| Publish the Formal Literacy Action Plan | |
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| Next Steps | |
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| Stage 4: Implement | |
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| Organize for Action | |
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| Monitor and Troubleshoot Implementation | |
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| Monitor Progress Toward Goals | |
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| Plan How to Sustain Momentum | |
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| Next Steps | |
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| Stage 5: Sustain | |
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| Summarize Progress Toward Goals | |
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| Revise Implementation Maps | |
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| Analyze Success as a Literacy Leadership Team | |
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| Plan How to Sustain Momentum | |
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| Next Steps | |
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| Supporting School and District Administrators as Literacy Leaders | |
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| The Principal's Role | |
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| Support Literacy Leaders | |
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| The Five Action Points of the Taking Action Literacy Leadership Model | |
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| District Support | |
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| Communicate That Literacy Is a Priority | |
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| Provide Professional Development | |
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| Provide Specific Types of Fiscal Support | |
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| Establish Uniform Policies and Procedures Across the District | |
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| Use Data to Improve Instruction and Monitor Program Effectiveness | |
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| Develop and Implement a District Literacy Action Plan | |
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| Use the Five Action Points of the Taking Action Literacy Leadership Model | |
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| Review the District Plan to Ensure Alignment With State Planning and Advocacy | |
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| Resources | |
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| School Vignettes | |
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| Tools to Use When Implementing the Five-Stage Process | |
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| Examples of Each Rubric Component in Action | |
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| High School Case Study | |
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| Matrix of Resources Available in Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy and Meeting the Challenge of Adolescent Literacy | |
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| Glossary of Terms | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |