Moreillon Judi. Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension - Maximizing Your Impact

American Library Association, 2007 - 185 pages.
ISBN10: 0-8389-0929-9
ISBN13: 978-0-8389-0929-4
This book is to help educators develop co-teaching strategics to ensure student achievement. It is founded on the belief that two heads—or more—arc better than one. Working together, teacher-librarians, classroom teachers, administrators, and families can create dynamic learning communities in which what is best for student learning is at the heart of even' decision. In these communities everyone is invested in everyone else's success. Through co-teaching and sharing responsibility for all students in the school, educators can strengthen their academic programs.
I wrote this book to support the collaborative work of elementary school teacher-librarians who want to develop their understanding of teaching reading comprehension strategics. I wrote it for educators who want to increase their expertise in using currently recognized best practices in instruction. The teacher-librarians with whom I hope to share this work understand that, in order to make an impact on student achievement, they must teach what really matters in their schools. The most effective way to do that is to teach standards-based lessons every day in collaboration with classroom teacher colleagues. Through effective classroom-library collaboration, teacher-librarians can help make others successful. They can support their colleagues in accomplishing their goals. These teacher-librarians arc educators who intend to position themselves as essential partners in the literacy programs in their schools.