Resources for Principals and Coaches/Evaluating Reading Programs

http://corelearn.com/Downloads.htm
This website has several observation/walkthrough forms available to download.

http://www.ncrel.org/rf/sbrr/
What Does Scientifically Based Reading Research Mean to Teachers and Principals?

http://reading.uoregon.edu/logistics/ This details a schoolwide reading model, concluding with:
http://reading.uoregon.edu/logistics/pet_tool.pdf , the Schoolwide Reading Program Planning and Evaluation Tool.

http://reading.uoregon.edu/appendices/prin_tools.php
Principal Tools to Support a School-wide Reading Initiative

http://www.ncrel.org/literacy/eval/
Literacy Program Evaluation Tool

http://www.ncrel.org/litweb/fitforlit.pdf
Is your school fit for literacy? 10 Areas of action for Principals

http://www.ncrel.org/rf/leadership/index.html
Instructional Leadership for Reading First Principals

Reading First Literacy Coaching: A Guide for Coaches and Reading First Leaders
This Guide has been created as a resource to support those who are serving as Reading First literacy coaches in schools across the United States. It has been designed to assist coaches in their professional growth and to provide information on the roles played by literacy coaches. In addition, it is designed to assist those who support and supervise literacy coaches.
http://www.learningpt.org/pdfs/literacy/coachesguide.pdf

Summaries and reviews of core or supplemental program that you might choose to use are available at both the Florida and Oregon websites.
http://www.fcrr.org/FCRRReports/contents.htm

http://reading.uoregon.edu/curricula/
Please keep in mind that programs are listed alphabetically or in the order they were reviewed. The choice of supplemental programs (Tier 3), to use with at risk students is especially important. This file on Oregon's website is a little hard to find: http://oregonreadingfirst.uoregon.edu/curriculum_review.php
(Yes this file is huge, but it's worth the time. It is possible to skim through it and get an overall picture of your programs' strengths and weaknesses. You may wish to consider several programs to target specific areas, be sure to justify your choices in the grant application. The program you choose can have a big impact on reading achievement).