<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/218618/open_sms">Send us a text</a>Shannon and Mary welcome LaMonica Williams from Teaching Matters back to the Reading Teachers Lounge. This time they chat about professional development experiences and the most effective ways to bring about positive change in school systems. They discuss the differences between management and leadership and how to foster student-centered school improvement. RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE: <ol><li><a href='https://kappanonline.org/changes-that-stick-lentz/'>Changes that Stick (Kappan)</a></li><li><a href='https://teachingmatters.org/'>Teaching Matters website</a></li><li><a href='https://www.schools.nyc.gov/learning/subjects/literacy/nyc-reads'>NYC Reads</a></li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/49gpz8k'>Student Focused Coaching  by Jan Hasbrouck and Daryl Michel</a> *Amazon affiliate link*</li><li><a href='https://www.readingteacherslounge.com/season-4-episodes/s4-e5-supporting-reading-teachers'>our previous episode with LaMonica Williams</a></li><li><a href='https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/00028312231161037'>The Good Struggle of Flexible Specificity</a></li><li><a href='https://readinguniverse.org/explore-teaching-topics'>Reading Universe</a></li><li><a href='https://teachingmatters.org/bio/lamonica-williams/'>LaMonica&apos;s Bio &amp; Contact Information</a></li></ol> <ul><li><a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/218618/subscribe'>Bonus Episodes access through your podcast app</a></li><li><a href='https://www.patreon.com/readingteacherslounge/membership'>Bonus episodes access through Patreon</a></li><li><a href='https://polished-frog-54318.myflodesk.com/u85lorsq38'>Free Rubrics Guide created by us</a></li><li><a href='https://polished-frog-54318.myflodesk.com/lz9k4i5dl4'>Finding Good Books Guide created by us</a></li><li><a href='https://www.patreon.com/readingteacherslounge/membership'>Information about our Patreon membership</a></li></ul><a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/218618/support">Support the show</a><ul><li><a href='http://www.patreon.com/readingteacherslounge'>Get Literacy Support through our Patreon</a></li></ul>

7.8 Importance of NonFiction

This is the Reading Teachers Lounge where listeners can eavesdrop on professional conversations between elementary reading teachers. We are passionate about literacy and strive to find strategies to reach all learners. Shannon and Mary are neighbors who realized that they were “literacy soul sisters” at a dinner in their Atlanta neighborhood. Once they started chatting about reading they haven’t really stopped. Come join the conversation.