ReLeah Cossett Lent, Marsha McCracken Voigt Disciplinary Literacy in Action

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"Much of the professional literature has focused on what disciplinary literacy entails; this valuable contribution explores how it can be implemented in complex school settings."-Doug Buehl, Author ofDeveloping Readers in the Academic DisciplinesWhat happens when middle and high school teachers who know their content very well are told they should be teaching reading and writing too? Is there a bit of resistance? A decrease in self-efficacy? An overturning of curricula? InDisciplinary Literacy in Action, ReLeah Cossett Lent and Marsha Voigt show us a better way.In this sequel to ReLeah's bestsellingThis Is Disciplinary Literacy, the authors provide educators with what they've wanted all along: a framework that keeps their subjects at the centerandshows them how to pool strengths with colleagues in ongoing communities of professionallearning (PL) around content-specific literacy.In each chapter, and with a blend of lively disciplinary literacy teaching ideas and razor-sharp insights on developing teacherefficacy and leadership, ReLeah and Marsha take educators through a powerful PL cycle they can replicate in theirschool. The authors know it works not just because the research says so, but also because they have spent years refining the model in schools, districts, and regions. With this book, you will be ready for Collaborative learningthat preserves discipline-specific content yet keeps innovative daily practices of reading, writing, thinking, and doing at the forefront Planningby autonomous literacy leadership teams with administrative support Implementationaugmented by peer anddisciplinaryliteracy coaching Reflectionthat leads to ongoing collective problem solvingIn the end, it all comes back to how content teachers can best help students use literacy in all its forms to learn more deeply. WithDisciplinary Literacy in Action, you have a proven framework for doing just that. This is the resource to lean on as you work to ensure all students use literacy as a toolto think, create, and communicate in any endeavor.