"Elementary leaders recognize the urgency to improve literacy rates; however, the real work in leading elementary schools to effective literacy instruction lies in taking action to address deficiencies and obstacles that avert progress. Where do leaders focus their time and attention to ensure students can read and comprehend grade-level content? A Leader's Guide to Reading and Writing in a PLC at Work, Elementary by Kathy Tuchman Glass and Karen Power is the ultimate guide to leading literacy instructional efforts in an elementary setting. How do teams establish clarity about their expectations of students? How do they more effectively design and issue assessments that gather information about what students know and can do? How can leaders help their collaborative teams engage more effectively in collective inquiry around the data they gather and then provide students with effective interventions and extensions that maximize learning? This resource addresses all these questions and more so leaders can better support their teachers and improve students' reading and writing skills to prepare students for their future learning"--