Includes bibliographical references.

Uniting voice and vision -- Continuity by design -- Continuous professional development -- Collaborative leadership -- Reclaiming the professional in our teaching profession -- The power of common assessments -- Standing on strong shoulders -- Response-ability: developing a common system of responding to literacy needs -- And miles to go -- Appendix A: core professional texts -- Appendix B: description and references for selected common assessments -- Appendix C: key references for implementing reading workshop, writing workshop and developmental word study -- Appendix D: skills/strategies: a bank of classroom accommodations -- Appendix E-1: emergent skills/strategies: a bank of classroom accommodations -- Appendix E-2: early skills/strategies: a bank of classroom accommodations -- Appendix E-3: developing skills/strategies: a bank of classroom accommodations -- Appendix F: literacy response plan for small groups.