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Kern, Diane; Bean, Rita M.; Swan Dagen, Allison; DeVries, Beverly; Dodge, Autumn; Goatley, Virginia; Ippolito, Jacy; Perkins, J. Helen; Walker-Dalhouse, Doris – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2018
Lead writers and co-chairs of the International Literacy Association's "Standards 2017" provide a hands on guide to using updated standards for the preparation of reading/literacy specialists. Authors share key changes in content, supporting explanations with updated references, and implications for program faculty, state policymakers,…
Descriptors: Reading Consultants, Literacy, Academic Standards, Guidelines
Yeigh, Maika; Cunningham, Andie; Shagoury, Ruth – Rethinking Schools, 2011
The authors are professors of literacy in a teacher education program that leads to a reading endorsement. Their graduates are reading specialists, literacy coaches, and district language arts specialists--but only if, in addition to the coursework and practicum experience that make up their National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Specialists, Reading Consultants, Reading
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Wepner, Shelley B.; Quatroche, Diana J. – Reading Horizons, 2011
This article reports on the results of 11 interviews conducted as a follow-up to a survey that examined the perceptions of university faculty regarding the importance of graduate programs preparing reading specialists for leadership roles. The results of the interviews indicate that programs require a leadership course that has reading specialist…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, Universities, Reading Consultants
Darwin, Marlene J. – 2003
High school reading specialists possess specialized knowledge and have the potential to positively affect adolescent literacy growth. Research on the role of the high school reading specialist can create a better understanding of depth and breadth of that role and provide a comprehensive portrayal of the role. This outline lists literacy problems…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Environment, High Schools, Literacy
Kenney, Lawrence M., Ed. – Reading Professor, 2000
A special interest group of the International Reading Association publishes a scholarly journal, "The Reading Professor: The Journal of Professors of Reading Teacher Educators." In Volume 22, No. 1, Fall 1999, the following articles are featured: "Young Children Draw Their Images of Literacy" (Roberta A. McKay and Maureen E.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Literacy, Professional Development