The Literacy Leader's Toolkit: Raising Standards Across the Curriculum 11-19

In their new book, the winners of the TES National Award for Outstanding Literacy Initiative share the secrets behind school improvement through raising literacy levels across the curriculum.

Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor draw on the successful literacy initiative that raised their school from good to outstanding, as well as their work in three UK schools with a range of Ofsted ratings. The 54 practical strategies are grouped into beginning, embedding, sustaining and evaluating stages and include ideas such as choosing the literacy focus of your school, involving students as literacy leaders and creating a 'Litbox'. Each entry details the literacy outcomes of the strategy, provides step by step guidance for implementing and sustaining it and includes feedback and tips for staff and students who have used it.

The Literacy Leader's Toolkit is a must read for all literacy coordinators and leaders who want to implement a whole-school programme , as well as for those teachers who are determined to improve the literacy provision in their classroom.

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The Literacy Leader's Toolkit: Raising Standards Across the Curriculum 11-19

In their new book, the winners of the TES National Award for Outstanding Literacy Initiative share the secrets behind school improvement through raising literacy levels across the curriculum.

Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor draw on the successful literacy initiative that raised their school from good to outstanding, as well as their work in three UK schools with a range of Ofsted ratings. The 54 practical strategies are grouped into beginning, embedding, sustaining and evaluating stages and include ideas such as choosing the literacy focus of your school, involving students as literacy leaders and creating a 'Litbox'. Each entry details the literacy outcomes of the strategy, provides step by step guidance for implementing and sustaining it and includes feedback and tips for staff and students who have used it.

The Literacy Leader's Toolkit is a must read for all literacy coordinators and leaders who want to implement a whole-school programme , as well as for those teachers who are determined to improve the literacy provision in their classroom.

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The Literacy Leader's Toolkit: Raising Standards Across the Curriculum 11-19

The Literacy Leader's Toolkit: Raising Standards Across the Curriculum 11-19

The Literacy Leader's Toolkit: Raising Standards Across the Curriculum 11-19

The Literacy Leader's Toolkit: Raising Standards Across the Curriculum 11-19

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In their new book, the winners of the TES National Award for Outstanding Literacy Initiative share the secrets behind school improvement through raising literacy levels across the curriculum.

Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor draw on the successful literacy initiative that raised their school from good to outstanding, as well as their work in three UK schools with a range of Ofsted ratings. The 54 practical strategies are grouped into beginning, embedding, sustaining and evaluating stages and include ideas such as choosing the literacy focus of your school, involving students as literacy leaders and creating a 'Litbox'. Each entry details the literacy outcomes of the strategy, provides step by step guidance for implementing and sustaining it and includes feedback and tips for staff and students who have used it.

The Literacy Leader's Toolkit is a must read for all literacy coordinators and leaders who want to implement a whole-school programme , as well as for those teachers who are determined to improve the literacy provision in their classroom.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781441138835
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 04/25/2014
Pages: 248
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Graham Tyrer is headteacher of the highly successful and oversubscribed Chenderit School in Northamptonshire, UK. He has successfully helped lead two schools in challenging circumstances out of special measures and delivers training in Literacy Across the Curriculum throughout the country.

Patrick Taylor is deputy head of Chenderit School in Northamptonshire, UK. He was formerly head of English and also works part time as a school inspector for Ofsted. He has delivered training for the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust in Literacy Across the Curriculum.

Table of Contents

Introduction / PART 1 Planning Your Literacy Programme/ What is Literacy? / How to develop literacy across the curriculum. / Mapping out a two-year plan. / PART 2 Putting Your Literacy Programme into Practice / 1 The Beginning Stage / Strategies 1-8 / 2 The Embedding Stage / Strategies 9-38 / 3 The Sustaining Stage / Strategies 39-47 / 4 Evaluating Impact / Strategies 48-52 / 5 Working with Others / Strategies 53-54 / Index

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