Literacy Collaborative: Studies of Student and Teacher Attitudes in Literacy Collaborative Schools

Studies of Student and Teacher Attitudes in Literacy Collaborative Schools

Becoming Lovers of Books: Students’ Literacy outcomes in a Literacy Collaborative School
A summary of quantitative and qualitative case study that investigates the attitudes toward literacy of intermediate-level students in a Literacy Collaborative school. The students exhibited “overwhelming positive attitudes toward reading and writing.”
Teacher Buy-in to a Whole School Literacy Reform Model: What Predicts Successful Buy-in to the Literacy Collaborative?
Results of the quantitative and qualitative study of factors that predict teachers’ acceptance of a support for the Literacy Collaborative in their school. Main predictors were the degree to which teachers felt the program had positively affected their students and whether teachers felt that they participated in the decision to adopt the program.
Teacher Buy-in to the Literacy Collaborative Intermediate Model: A Summary of Survey Results
Results of a survey of teachers and literacy coordinators about the impact of the intermediate Literacy Collaborative program on their teaching and on their school as a whole. Teachers were generally very positive about the program and felt it had a positive impact on their students and on the school culture. Some teachers felt it was difficult to find an uninterrupted period of class time for the literacy block and enough time to prepare for lessons.