Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-263) and index.
The role of reading specialists in schools, classrooms, and communities -- An overview of the instructional role -- The instructional role: initiating, implementing, and evaluating -- Leadership of the reading specialist: what does it mean? -- Professional development -- Coaching: improving classroom and school literacy instruction -- What coaches do to improve instruction: working with individual teachers -- Developing a school reading program -- Assessment of classroom and school reading programs -- School, community, and family partnerships -- Writing proposals -- The reading specialist as lifelong learner: meeting challenges and changes