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Specialized Literacy Professionals as Literacy Leaders: Results of a National Survey
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Bean, Rita M.; Kern, Diane; Goatley, Virginia; Ortlieb, Evan; Shettel, Jennifer; Calo, Kristine; Marinak, Barbara; Sturtevant, Elizabeth; Elish-Piper, Laurie; L'Allier, Susan; Cox, Mae A.; Frost, Shari; Mason, Pamela; Quatroche, Diana; Cassidy, Jack – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2015
This large-scale national survey of specialized literacy professionals was designed to answer questions about responsibilities, including leadership, and preparation for these roles. Questionnaires, completed by over 2,500 respondents, indicated that respondents had multiple responsibilities that included both instruction of struggling readers and…
Descriptors: Literacy, Professional Personnel, Specialists, National Surveys
Reading Specialist: Key to a Systematic Schoolwide Reading Model
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Helf, Shawnna; Cooke, Nancy L. – Preventing School Failure, 2011
The existence of elementary reading specialists in schools has increased, and their role in improving schoolwide efforts for prevention and intervention of reading risk has received increased emphasis. The purpose of this article is to describe the components of a multitier schoolwide reading model in the early grades in which the reading…
Descriptors: Reading Consultants, Specialists, Models, Reading Strategies
Important Constructs in Literacy Learning across Disciplines
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Foorman, Barbara R.; Arndt, Elissa J.; Crawford, Elizabeth C. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2011
Currently students who struggle with language and literacy learning are classified with various labels in different states--language learning disabilities, dyslexia, specific language impairment, and specific learning disability--in spite of having similar diagnostic profiles. Drawing on the research on comprehension of written language, we…
Descriptors: Evidence, Reading Consultants, Written Language, Learning Disabilities
The Changing Role of the Reading Specialist: A Case Study
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Ginsburg, Victoria Elaine – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This descriptive qualitative case study explored the changing role of the reading specialist through various perceptions of professionals in the Neon Shadow School District. The purpose of the study was to explore what, how, and why the duties and responsibilities of the reading specialist have changed since first employed as an…
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Specialists, Role Perception, Case Studies
The Relationship of Supplemental Reading Services and the Reading Achievement Scores of First and Second Grade Students
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Porter, Debra G. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this project was to determine the relationship supplemental reading services had on first and second grade students who were identified in need of intervention services. Participants were from three elementary schools. Two of the schools received funding through Title I. The third school's supplemental reading services were funded…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intervention, Reading Consultants, Reading
A Case Study of Secondary District-Level Literacy Coaches' Beliefs about How to Teach Reading
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Crawford, Pamela Sharp – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This was a qualitative case study that compared data across six district-level literacy coaches' epistemological and ontological beliefs about how to teach reading. All six coaches were working as a cohort of literacy coaches on the development and implementation of a secondary reading intervention program for seventh-grade struggling readers.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Skills, Teaching Methods, Vignettes