Beyond the Classroom ─ Collaborating With Colleagues and Parents to Build Core Literacy

"Go beyond the walls of your classroom to build literacy and achievement. In this accessible book, you'll discover how you can better meet the rigorous goals of the Common Core by opening new lines of communication with colleagues, parents, and students.Learn how to help parents understand what the Common Core is really asking and how they can partner with you to improve their children's skills at home. Find out how to work with colleagues to create interdisciplinary units and cover the standards more effectively. By using these multiple aspects of building literacy, you will be better able to align your work, adjust for your students, and achieve your teaching goals. Each chapter is written by a different voice from the field, giving you a variety of useful, teacher-tested best practices and approaches for meeting the Common Core"--

Nanci Werner-Burke is a former middle and high school teacher. She directs the Endless Mountains Writing Project, an affiliate of the National Writing Project and is a professor at Mansfield University.