Visit the ASCD Web site (www.ascd.org) and search for “networks” for information about professional educators who have formed groups around topics like “Language, Literacy, and Literature.” Look in the “Network Directory” for current facilitators' addresses and phone numbers.
Online Resources
Visit ASCD's Web site (www.ascd.org) for the following professional development opportunities: Professional Development Online: Helping Struggling Readers and Successful Strategies for Literacy and Learning, among others (for a small fee; password protected)
Mixed Media
- Literacy Across the Curriculum Professional Development Planner and Resource Package
(#703400)
- Reading Strategies for the Content Areas,volumes 1 and 2 (ASCD Action Tool) by Sue Beers and Lou Howell (Volume 1:
703109; Volume 2: #705002)
Print Products
- Literacy Leadership for Grades 5–12 by Rosemarye Taylor and Valerie Doyle Collins (#103022)
- Literacy Strategies for Grades 4–12: Reinforcing the Threads of Reading by Karen Tankersley (#104428)
- The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing: Making the Words Come Alive by Thomas Armstrong (#102280)
- Research-Based Methods of Reading Instruction, Grades K-3 by Sharon Vaughn and Sylvia Linan-Thompson (#104134)
- Teaching Reading in the Content Areas: If Not Me, Then Who? 2nd Edition by Rachel Billmeyer and Mary Lee Barton (#397258)
- The Threads of Reading: Strategies for Literacy Development by Karen Tankersley (#103316)
- Using Data to Assess Your Reading Program by Emily Calhoun (book with CD-ROM) (#102268)
Video
- The Lesson Collection: Literacy Strategies (Tapes 49–56) (#405160 VHS)
- The Lesson Collection: Reading Strategies (Tapes 1–8) (#499257 VHS)
- The Lesson Collection: Reading Strategies 2 (Tapes 25–32) (#402034 VHS)
- The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing: Making the Words Come Alive Books-in-Action
(#403325 VHS)
- Reading in the Content Areas Video Series (3 videotapes) (#402029)
For more information, visit us on the World Wide Web (http://www.ascd.org), send an e-mail message to
member@ascd.org, call the ASCD Service Center (1-800-933-ASCD or 703-578-9600, then press 2), send a fax to 703-575-5400, or write to Information Services, ASCD, 1703 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311-1714 USA.