Schools Full of Readers: Tools for Teachers, Coaches and Leaders to Support Students

Renowned educators Laura and Evan Robb wear their hats of teacher and principal to lay out a plan for how teachers, coaches, and administrators can increase reading volume in any school - no matter what. Highlights include:

• How to focus on the best of the best practices for instructional and independent reading
• Succeeding with streamlined shared leadership so meetings stay short and momentum stays strong
• Listen & Look-For Checklists that help coaches and administrators get more out of classroom visits and guide professional learning and self-reflection for teachers
• Using the 4 Bs; books, brains, budgets, and boldness; to find money, fill libraries, and bring about a reading revolution

Research demonstrates that without extensive independent reading practice, reading proficiency lags. The best readers are those who read the most and the poorest readers are those who read the least; the more that students read, the better their background knowledge, comprehension, fluency, vocabulary, self-efficacy as readers, and attitudes toward reading for pleasure (ILA, 2018).

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: We Are All Leaders of Reading

Chapter 2: Curating Books and Libraries

Chapter 3: What Are We Looking For?

Chapter 4: Using Listen & Look for Checklists

Chapter 5: Supporting Readers' Independence

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"Laura Robb and Evan Robb celebrate the powerful impact engaged reading has on the lives of our children. They put voluminous literacy back at the center of our priorities and show us how to create a collective culture of joyful reading. hey remind us that volume is not just the responsibility of individual teachers, but one that we must view from a schoolwide perspective. Through their shared passion for creating schools full of readers, they offer a wide range of easy to implement ideas that are sure to return daily choice reading to a place of honor across the learning day and inspire us all to make bathing children in books our shared commitment."
- Mary C. Howard, Literacy Consultant/author

"Laura Robb with her years of teaching reading with her son Evan who is a principal has been passionate to develop students' independent reading. This book, School Full of Readers, that they co-authored, is a blueprint for teachers, coaches, and administrators to develop best practices for instructional and independent reading. Throughout this valuable resource, there are activities, checklists, and practical strategies that help educators create and sustain successful literacy programs."
- Barbara Bray, Author, Creative Learning Specialist, Keynote Speaker

"Schools Full of Readers by Laura Robb and Evan Robb could not have arrived at a better time in my teaching career. After teaching in the inner city of Providence for more than 23 years, the reading debates are still happening. We hear and read so much, try program after program, and still struggle to meet the needs of all learners. This book provides practical, research-based information, strategies, and original ideas that can be implemented immediately, regardless of your role in a school. I really find the 14 Listen & Look For Checklists to be a wonderful way for all of us as teachers, coaches, and principals to be held accountable in a non-threatening way, all in the best interest of the students. I found the Interactive Read Aloud guidance to be extremely well-detailed and helpful for both myself, as a veteran teacher, and my student teacher. Time management is always an issue nowadays with jam-packed teacher and student schedules but Laura and Robb guide us to use the moments effectively so we can ensure a proper and engaged culture of readers is creators. I recommend it to all teachers, coaches, and leaders in education."
- Jennifer Quattrucci, Kindergarten Teacher