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<br /> LITERACY TODAY<br /> November/December 2015<br /> Volume 33, Issue 3<br /> The<br /> Leadership<br /> Issue<br />  Redefining what it means to be a<br /> teacher leader<br />  The growing opportunities<br /> available for today's educators<br />  Finding a mentor—and<br /> why it's so important<br /> Teach<br /> your students<br /> A Mindset for Learning<br /> We want our students to<br /> take on challenges with<br /> zeal, to see themselves not<br /> as static test scores but as<br /> agents of change.<br /> —Kristi Mraz and<br /> Christine Hertz<br /> @MrazKristine @christine_hertz<br /> 978 0 325 06288 4<br /> -- - -· .<br /> $22 00<br /> Visit· Turns Carol Dweck's, Daniel Pink's, and Arthur<br /> Costa's research into classroom practice<br /> · Ideas for explicitly teaching 5 research-driven<br /> habits of mind<br /> · Includes instructional language, charts,<br /> teaching tips, and more<br /> Heine<a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=1"> LITERACY TODAY November/December 2015 Volume 33,</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=2"> Teach your students A Mindset for Learning We </a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=3"> ontents 18 2 EDITOR'S NOTE 4 LIT BITS 6 </a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=4"> EDITOR'S NOTE Colleen Patrice Clark Managing Edit</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=5"> Worth repeating Dave Pearson's comment in the “Wh</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=6"> LIT BITS ILD Around the World Photos poured i</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=7"> What's New? We recently unveiled our new website,</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=8"> OUR VIEW Tiffany Sears (tsears@reading.org), a f</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=9"> The perception of who can be consider</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=10"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Jaclyn Zubrzycki (jaclyn.zubr</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=11"> Five years later, Torney is a kinderg</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=12"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Kim Greene (kim.greene@gmail.</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=13"> His trajectory is one Rosemarye Taylo</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=14"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Beth Braverman (@bethbrav) is</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=15"> “It keeps me young and makes my heart very happy.</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=16"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Sloane A. Castleman (scastle</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=17"> When school leaders act in a way which conflicts w</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=18"> TWO TAKES Mark Weakland (mark@markweaklandliter</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=19"> Should it be the responsibility of the school dis</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=20"> COVER STORY </a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=21"> THE PATH TO LEADERSHIP Options abound for today's</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=22"> Giving teachers a voice “I never intended to go d</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=23"> “One of the biggest crises in the American educ</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=24"> education, and she's the founding principal of EH</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=25"> more money in this field, unless they pursue admi</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=26"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Robin Griffith (rgriffith@tcu.</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=27"> doesn't sound right. She sees that Devon is searc</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=28"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Brooke McCaffrey (miss.mcca</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=29"> After doing some observing, listening</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=30"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Timothy V. Rasinski (trasi</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=31"> Poetry Poetry has been neglected in recent readin</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=32"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Michael Cook (mpcook@milli</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=33"> Beyond creative and critical thinking</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=34"> FOR ELA Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank </a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=35"> BUILD UP YOUR PRACTICE WITH ILA E-SSENTIALS </a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=36"> THE ILA NETWORK Mackenzie Ryan (mackenzieryan.net</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=37"> winter in Missouri with hundreds of books donated</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=38"> IMPACT GLOBAL Jennifer L. Nelson (Jennifer@jen</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=39"> for Learn” translates to “All Kids Should Go to S</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=40"> Edwards, a professor at Missouri Southern State U</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=41"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=42"> EVENTS NOVEMBER 2015 6 Oregon Reading Associ</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=43"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=44"> MEMBER SPOTLIGHTnews & notes ILA MEMBER ACCOMPLI</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=45"> in your words LESSONS from the Page In response</a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=46"> MEMBER reflections </a> <a title="Literacy Today Nov/Dec 2015 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c0708a7?page=47"> SAVE THE DATE! 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