I. Advanced Literacies for the 21st Century 1. Rethinking Literacy and Its Leadership for the 21st Century 2. Defining Advanced Literacies 3. Defining Instructional Leadership for Advanced Literacies II. Leading the Implementation of Four Key Site-Based Shifts for Progress 4. Revisiting and Strengthening the Instructional Core 5. Placing Data at the Core of the Literacy Improvement Effort 6. Using a Shared Curriculum or Platform to Support Daily Teaching and Learning 7. Leading the Implementation of Sustained Approaches to Staff Development III. Moving Forward at a School Site 8. Bringing It All Together: Generating a Blueprint for Advanced Literacies Instruction Conclusion: Leading Advanced Literacies Instruction Appendix: A Leader's Compendium of Tools References Index