Southeast

WORK DAY/YEAR: District Wide Literacy Specialist, 1.0 FTE regular contract. POSITION STARTS: 2016-2017 School year REPORTS TO: Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction Position Summary: A full-time (1.0) Literacy Specialist will provide ongoing, job-embedded professional development for educators in early childhood through fifth grade. The Literacy Specialist will be in sites and classrooms frequently during the literacy block. They will provide classroom-based support to E-5 teachers through team teaching/model classroom, modeling, planning, reflecting, and other job embedded strategies. The Literacy Specialists will work closely with PLC’s and grade level teams; as well as provide large group PD opportunities in the area of literacy. The work of the specialist will support all teachers to ensure a solid balanced literacy program is in place for all learners of RPS. Job Summary: *Provide support, mentoring, and assistance to all E-5 teachers. *Serve as a resource for identifying appropriate instructional strategies and interventions to address the reading needs of all E-5 students. *Observe reading instruction in classrooms, provide feedback to teachers, and model lessons using research-based instructional strategies around the five dimensions of reading (phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency). *Guide teachers in the use of screening, diagnosis, progress monitoring, and outcome assessments. *Meet with and support building Professional Learning Communities/Data Teams on a regular basis, including a review of meeting notes and actions plans, and make recommendations for improvement, if needed. *Support the integration of technology into the ELA curriculum and instruction. *Build and maintain confidential relationships with teachers. *Keep well-informed about current trends in ELA curriculum, instruction, and assessment. *Participate in biweekly coaches’ professional development cohort.