Author Description

*HE07, Supervision of Literacy Programs: Teachers as Grass Roots Change Agents, Lawrence G. Erickson(Southern Illinois University), H6240-1, 208 pp. 6 x 9, 0-205-16240-1, paperbound, 1995, $20.25f, August*/ Describes how to plan and implement changes in the teaching of both reading and writing. Case studies, personal experiences, and metaphors speak directly to teachers. A narrative writing style is combined with traditional textbook step-by-step processes and lists of sequenced events based on the current knowledge of school-based change agentry.