Creating a Literacy Culture

Lacey Platt
Lemondre Watson
Magnus Hemans
Ryan Ewell
 Creating a Strong Literacy Culture
Leadership Role
Professional community
Program coherence & Technical resources
Teachers knowledge, skills and disposition
Leadership Role
Create a culture of collaboration
Share leadership - Literacy Coach
Write goals
Develop a clear plan
Professional Community
This is a collaborative group of administrators and teachers
working as a team with common literacy initiatives that
ensure success for all.
Benefits of professional Community
Encourages teachers to share expertise.
Seeks to bring students on board.
Seeks to create a unified team.
Establishes partnership
Program Coherence &
Teaching Resources
Creation of a specific and detailed literacy plan
Goals based on needs of school + District + State
mandates leads to a smoother implementation

Finding appropriate resources that address the

specific needs of your school
intentional PDs, books, etc.
Teachers Knowledge, Skills, and
Dispositions
A Teachers Professional knowledge
is a key ingredient to a teachers
success with students.
Use Teachers Personal skills and
learn how they can be
incorporated in your school culture.
Use Teachers values, commitments,
& professional ethics that govern
how a teacher incorporates literacy
into their classroom.
 Group Activity
Space and time for
change

In-school
The support of
professional
parents
development

How do you maintain a

culture of literacy in your
schools

Support systems for

District professional
teachers
development
Teacher motivation
 Bibliography
Booth, D. & Rowsell, J. (2007). The literacy principal: leading,
supporting, and assessing reading and writing initiatives (2nd
ed). Markham, Ontario: Pembroke Publishers Limited.