Leading Literacy

What Every School and Trust Leader Needs to Know
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-99437-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Literacy is the bedrock of culture, curriculum and classroom practice – it is the key that unlocks learning and social mobility for pupils across all phases. However, the world of literacy leadership is full of complexity, challenge and competing priorities. This handbook provides essential guidance for leaders responsible for developing literacy and learning across schools and trusts, dismantling the 'knowing doing' gap through evidence-based strategies.

Drawing on extensive research around effective implementation, the book explores key roles, responsibilities and practices required for successful literacy leadership. It guides readers through developing literacy knowledge and expertise, preparing and delivering implementation plans, and evaluating and sustaining impact over time. With an explicit focus on a phased approach – exploration, preparation, delivery and sustainability, the chapters offer practical strategies to:

• Develop literacy knowledge and expertise

• Develop a literacy leadership plan

• Lead effective professional development

• Target intervention pathways

• Create a culture of literacy

• Evaluate and sustain impact

Including examples and case studies from experienced literacy leaders across different schools and regions, this is the 'go-to' resource for all primary and secondary school leaders wanting to improve literacy outcomes for every learner across all subject areas.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Green, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Weiterführende Schulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Grundschulen, Hauptschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Developing leadership knowledge and expertise

- Chapter 1: Literacy, learning and leadership

- Chapter 2: What every leader needs to know about literacy

Part II: Developing teacher knowledge and skill

- Chapter 3: What every teacher needs to know about oral language and vocabulary

- Chapter 4: What every teacher needs to know about reading

- Chapter 5: What every teacher needs to know about writing

- Chapter 6: How to ensure literacy strategies stick across subjects

Part III: Creating a strategy to improve literacy standards

- Chapter 7: Developing a whole school literacy strategy

- Chapter 8: Transforming strategy into success

Part IV: Developing others and delivering the literacy strategy

- Chapter 9: Leading and designing effective professional development

- Chapter 10: Developing specialists, subject teachers and support staff

- Chapter 11: Literacy assessment - principles and practice

- Chapter 12: Developing targeted intervention pathways

Part V: Evaluating and sustaining impact

- Chapter 13: Developing a monitoring and evaluation framework

Chapter 14: Leading for lasting literacy impact

Über Autor(innen)

Sarah Green is an experienced teacher, senior leader and is currently Director of Literacy working across mainstream and special schools within Prospere Learning Trust, UK. She is a former Content Specialist for Literacy for the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and is currently a serving member of a newly established Secondary Literacy Expert Advisory Group with the UK government’s Department for Education (DfE).