Reading Specialists in Leadership Roles.

摘要: A study investigated the importance of reading specialists who work in schools identified as having exemplary programs and roles functions these specialists. In stage 1 this study, a 19-item survey questionnaire was sent to 111 school principals with programs, asking them about specialist's program's success. 2, from were interviewed obtain an elaborate description how each fulfilled her role. 1, 58 responses 29 states received, for 52% response rate. Thirty-nine employed specialists, while 17 had never Principals indicated that performed multitude tasks ranged working students performing leadership schools. Of 15 specified tasks, instruction being carried out almost daily by sample 30 extracted 39 Ultimately, 12 given 24-item structured interview designed detailed information 5 tasks. All saw themselves community liaisons both instructional Those aspiring be should become knowledgeable literacy teaching learning have experiences enable develop communication skills necessary their positions. (Contains 2 tables, figure, references.) (NKA) Reproductions supplied EDRS are best can made original document. re't O CID U Reading Specialists Leadership Roles Rita M. Bean University Pittsburgh Rebecca Knaub Pine-Richland School District Allison Swan Paper presented at American Educational Research Conference, New Orleans. Louisiana, April 2000. PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND )ISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY