Guide for Alternate Route Teachers : Strategies for Literacy Development, Classroom Management and Teaching and Learning

The overarching goal of this text is to provide alternate route teachers with the confidence and basic knowledge they need to begin their new careers and their responsibilities as teachers. Two chapters are totally devoted to literacy development, with hands-on strategies and ready-to -use materials that will help teachers understand how to teach literacy and how to help students understand their content area textbooks. Other chapters include topics such as lesson planning, assessment, standards for instruction, and planning for standardized testing. Stage One alternative certification candidates