## The Role of Teacher Effectiveness in Children’s Reading Achievement This chapter excerpt considers the knowledge and skills needed to be a successful teacher of reading as well as how schools of education might better prepare elementary-level educators to teach reading to children from a variety of backgrounds. [Read More](/content/resource-library/the-role-of-teacher-effectiveness-in-childrens-reading-achievement/index.html) ## Components of Effective Instruction for Reading Excerpted from Effective Instruction for Middle School Students with Reading Difficulties, this chapter lays out the most important practices that educators should use in order to reach the struggling readers of their classroom. [Read More](/content/resource-library/components-of-effective-instruction-for-reading/index.html) ## Becoming an effective literacy teacher Read the excerpt for an overview of the expectations and responsibilities of a tutor, three critical considerations for effective and efficient instruction, how to work with parents, and descriptions of Common Core State Standards and multi-tiered systems of support. [Read More](/content/resource-library/becoming-an-effective-literacy-teacher/index.html) ## Classroom Hindsight: What 19 Education Experts Wish They’d Known Their First Year on the Job Learn how to be a more effective educator through mistakes and missed opportunities experienced by a collection of Brookes authors. [Read More](/content/resource-library/classroom-hindsight-what-19-education-experts-wish-theyd-known-their-first-year-on-the-job/index.html)