Howard, an educator, author, special education teacher, reading consultant, and literacy coach, offers a resource for teachers that outlines a process for improving their literacy teaching. She discusses the concepts of bad, good, and great teaching, then generating vision statements and goals that offer a sense of direction and instructional focus; creating a literacy program the will accommodate specific student needs and a flexible, inclusive learning design; and how the dual nature of instruction and assessment impacts students and teachers. Included are examples from real classrooms and student work. No index is supplied. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)