Leadership for Literacy

Auteur

Joseph F. Murphy is the Frank W. Mayborn Chair and associate dean at Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University. He has also been a faculty member at the University of Illinois and The Ohio State University, where he was the William Ray Flesher Professor of Education.

In the public schools, he has served as an administrator at the school, district, and state levels, including an appointment as the executive assistant to the chief deputy superintendent of public instruction in California. His most recent appointment was as the founding president of the Ohio Principals Leadership Academy. At the university level, he has served as department chair and associate dean.

He is past vice president of the American Educational Research Association and was the founding chair of the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC). He is co-editor of the AERA Handbook on Educational Administration (1999) and editor of the National Society for the Study of Education (NSSE) yearbook, The Educational Leadership Challenge (2002).

His work is in the area of school improvement, with special emphasis on leadership and policy. He has authored or co-authored 18 books in this area and edited another 12. His most recent authored volumes include Understanding and Assessing the Charter School Movement (2002), Leadership for Literacy: Research-Based Practice, PreK-3 (2003), Connecting Teacher Leadership and School Improvement (2005), Preparing School Leaders: Defining a Research and Action Agenda (2006), and Turning Around Failing Schools: Lessons From the Organizational Sciences.

Texte du rabat

This book looks at everything we know from research, theory, and practice and compiles it all into one book that provides principals and other administrators with the tools to improve literacy instruction. The strategies are research-based and tested. Not only does Joseph Murphy do a thorough analysis and study of literacy, he also explores the most effective leadership practices that contribute to successful literacy. This is the first book to show the important connections between literacy and leadership practices. This is a must-have book for any Headteacher intent on being an instructional leader for improved literacy

Résumé
This groundbreaking text compiles 20 years of research to prove the link between effective literacy programs and the crucial role administrators play in developing successful literacy instruction.

Contenu

Series Introduction
Preface
About the Author
Part I: Laying the Foundations for Success

1. Exploring the Foundations of Leadership for Literacy
2. Framing Literacy and Leadership
3. Examining Reading Performance
4. Reviewing the Principles of High Quality Reading Programs
   Part II: Leading for Literacy
5. Promoting Quality Instruction
6. Managing Time Productively
7. Focusing on Phonics
8. Deepening the Curriculum
9. Building Effective Prevention and Remediation Programs
10. Coordinating the Curricular and Instructional Programs
11. Promoting the Learning of Staff
12. Collaborating With the Home to Strengthen Literacy Achievement
    References
    Index