A trusted resource for day-to-day guidance, professional development, and certification courses, this nuts-and-bolts text explains the varied roles and responsibilities of reading specialists in grades K–12. Rita Bean offers evidence-based best practices for working with struggling readers, supporting teachers, planning curricula, and collaborating with parents, community programs, and granting agencies. Useful features include discussion questions, self-reflective exercises, and lively examples and vignettes.

New to This Edition

*Expanded coverage of middle and secondary school reading programs.

*Addresses the reading specialist’s role in a response-to-intervention framework.

*Additional chapter on literacy coaching.

*Suggested learning exercises and activities for each chapter are provided in an appendix.

*Many new or revised examples and reflection questions.