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LITERACY TODAY
November/December 2015
Volume 33, Issue 3
The
Leadership
Issue
Redefining what it means to be a
teacher leader
The growing opportunities
available for today's educators
Finding a mentor—and
why it's so important
Teach
your students
A Mindset for Learning
We want our students to
take on challenges with
zeal, to see themselves not
as static test scores but as
agents of change.
—Kristi Mraz and
Christine Hertz
@MrazKristine @christine_hertz
978 0 325 06288 4
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$22 00
Visit· Turns Carol Dweck's, Daniel Pink's, and Arthur
Costa's research into classroom practice
· Ideas for explicitly teaching 5 research-driven
habits of mind
· Includes instructional language, charts,
teaching tips, and more
Heine
LITERACY TODAY November/December 2015 Volume 33,
Teach your students A Mindset for Learning We
ontents 18 2 EDITOR'S NOTE 4 LIT BITS 6
EDITOR'S NOTE Colleen Patrice Clark Managing Edit
Worth repeating Dave Pearson's comment in the “Wh
LIT BITS ILD Around the World Photos poured i
What's New? We recently unveiled our new website,
OUR VIEW Tiffany Sears (tsears@reading.org), a f
The perception of who can be consider
LITERACY LEADERSHIP Jaclyn Zubrzycki (jaclyn.zubr
Five years later, Torney is a kinderg
LITERACY LEADERSHIP Kim Greene (kim.greene@gmail.
His trajectory is one Rosemarye Taylo
LITERACY LEADERSHIP Beth Braverman (@bethbrav) is
“It keeps me young and makes my heart very happy.
LITERACY LEADERSHIP Sloane A. Castleman (scastle
When school leaders act in a way which conflicts w
TWO TAKES Mark Weakland (mark@markweaklandliter
Should it be the responsibility of the school dis
COVER STORY
THE PATH TO LEADERSHIP Options abound for today's
Giving teachers a voice “I never intended to go d
“One of the biggest crises in the American educ
education, and she's the founding principal of EH
more money in this field, unless they pursue admi
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Robin Griffith (rgriffith@tcu.
doesn't sound right. She sees that Devon is searc
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Brooke McCaffrey (miss.mcca
After doing some observing, listening
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Timothy V. Rasinski (trasi
Poetry Poetry has been neglected in recent readin
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Michael Cook (mpcook@milli
Beyond creative and critical thinking
FOR ELA Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank
BUILD UP YOUR PRACTICE WITH ILA E-SSENTIALS
THE ILA NETWORK Mackenzie Ryan (mackenzieryan.net
winter in Missouri with hundreds of books donated
IMPACT GLOBAL Jennifer L. Nelson (Jennifer@jen
for Learn” translates to “All Kids Should Go to S
Edwards, a professor at Missouri Southern State U
EVENTS NOVEMBER 2015 6 Oregon Reading Associ
MEMBER SPOTLIGHTnews & notes ILA MEMBER ACCOMPLI
in your words LESSONS from the Page In response
MEMBER reflections
SAVE THE DATE! ILA 2016 CONFERENCE & EXHIBI