Dear Teacher Leaders:

On behalf of The International Reading Association, I would like to invite you to submit to an important reference volume for literacy coaches. The working title is Working Toward Balance: A Collection of Tools for Literacy Coaches and Other Instructional Leaders.

I hope that this book will fill a niche in the libraries of literacy coaches and that it will grow to become a dependable reference for those of us in the field. I am interested in collecting protocols, forms, rubrics, and tools of any kind. For detailed author guidelines and a tentative outline of the book, please see the documents linked below. For additional questions, please e-mail Sarah Warfield at sarahwarf@gmail.com.

You can download the three-page Author Guidelines at this link:

http://www.choiceliteracy.com/AuthorGuidelines.pdf

You can download the tentative Table of Contents at this link:

http://www.choiceliteracy.com/jmbtoc.pdf
To open either of these files, you will need a copy of Acrobat Reader on your computer. You can get a free copy of Acrobat Reader at this link.

I know that practicing literacy coaches and other teacher leaders are constantly developing original documents that make their jobs easier. If you are willing to share, please send us tools you use for organizing and facilitating your work.

The deadline for submission is November 15, 2007. All submissions will go through the peer-review processes typical for edited volumes. We anticipate publication in the fall of 2008.

If your document is selected to be included in Resources for Literacy Coaches, you will be listed as a contributor and you will also receive a complimentary copy of the book when it is published. Please note, however, there will be no financial remuneration for contributions.

I look forward to working with you to develop a resource to support the critical work literacy coaches and other teacher leaders are doing in our schools.

Please invite your colleagues to contribute as well by sharing this information with them.

Sincerely,

Jan Miller Burkins

Literacy Coach

Chase Street Elementary

Athens, Georgia