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Jacy Ippolito

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What Literacy Means In Math Class: Teacher Team Explores Ways To Remake Instruction To Develop Students' Skills, Jacy Ippolito, Christina L. Dobbs, Megin Charner-Laird Apr 2017

What Literacy Means In Math Class: Teacher Team Explores Ways To Remake Instruction To Develop Students' Skills, Jacy Ippolito, Christina L. Dobbs, Megin Charner-Laird

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A team of high school math teachers in Massachusetts participated in a two-year exploration of disciplinary literacy in content classrooms and, as a result, designed instructional routines in math classes that are sensitive to and supportive of students’ development of the literacy skills necessary for mathematics.

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Creative Tension: Turn The Challenges Of Learning Together Into Opportunities, Christina L. Dobbs, Jacy Ippolito, Megin Charner-Laird Nov 2016

Creative Tension: Turn The Challenges Of Learning Together Into Opportunities, Christina L. Dobbs, Jacy Ippolito, Megin Charner-Laird

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Participants in a high school literacy initiative learn to navigate the productive tensions that arise as they grapple with and attempt new instructional practices.

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Delicate Layers Of Learning: Achieving Disciplinary Literacy Requires Continuous, Collaborative Adjustment, Jacy Ippolito, Christina L. Dobbs, Megin Charner-Laird, Joshua F. Lawrence Mar 2016

Delicate Layers Of Learning: Achieving Disciplinary Literacy Requires Continuous, Collaborative Adjustment, Jacy Ippolito, Christina L. Dobbs, Megin Charner-Laird, Joshua F. Lawrence

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Explicit professional learning about disciplinary literacy combined with tools that increase collaborative capacity form a powerful combination that leads to inventive and invested participation in implementing disciplinary literacy in a variety of classrooms.

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Variations On A Theme: As Needs Change, New Models Of Critical Friends Groups Emerge, Kevin Fahey, Jacy Ippolito Jul 2015

Variations On A Theme: As Needs Change, New Models Of Critical Friends Groups Emerge, Kevin Fahey, Jacy Ippolito

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The changing demographics of students nationwide, widening gaps in student achievement, new national standards, and increased accountability pressures are pushing educators to innovate. 

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Bridge Builders: Teacher Leaders Forge Connections And Bring Coherence To Literacy Initiative., Jacy Ippolito, Christina L. Dobbs, Megin Charner-Laird May 2014

Bridge Builders: Teacher Leaders Forge Connections And Bring Coherence To Literacy Initiative., Jacy Ippolito, Christina L. Dobbs, Megin Charner-Laird

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An initiative to improve the content-area literacy skills of all students at a Massachusetts high school demonstrates the important role teacher leaders play in bridging the various elements of school improvement efforts.

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Principals As Partners With Literacy Coaches: Striking A Balance Between Neglect And Interference, Jacy Ippolito Jun 2009

Principals As Partners With Literacy Coaches: Striking A Balance Between Neglect And Interference, Jacy Ippolito

Jacy Ippolito

What role must principals play in order to effectively support literacy coaching efforts? This is a question that many educators have begun to ask (Burkins, 2007; Casey, 2006; Kral, 2007; Shanklin, 2007; Steiner & Kowal, 2007; Toll, 2008). Some suggest that principals can establish close relationships with literacy coaches by offering a number of structural supports (e.g., clear job descriptions, regular professional development, common planning times, and a school literacy team), as well as a number of relational supports (e.g., modeling collaboration and participation for teachers) (Kral, 2007; Shanklin, 2007). Others suggest that principals must participate actively in coaching work …

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