Literacy Specialist - Wayland Elementary

Ohio County Schools • Hartford, KY

20h • Onsite

About The Position

The literacy specialist's role is to support and guide teachers, teachers, and the school as they establish research-based literacy instruction and implement change in literacy instruction.

Requirements

• Kentucky certificate, license, or other legal credentials required.
• Minimum of Master's Degree with a Reading Specialist Endorsement or equivalent university training in early literacy.
• Reading Recovery Trained or willing to be trained.

Responsibilities

• Assists with curriculum development.
• Assists with scope and sequence of program of study and plans for continuity to support literacy in the primary grades.
• Helps set priorities for program implementation.
• Examines, evaluates and recommends instructional methods, material and equipment, including technology.
• Provide job embedded professional development through assignment in a host classroom(s) for literacy instruction.
• Provide additional literacy PD for primary staff as needed for framework implementation (maximum 20 hours/year).
• Model lessons for teachers related to literacy.
• Work collaboratively with teachers in implementing the components of the literacy framework (planning, problem solving, reflection, etc.).
• Facilitate the development and implementation of a school-wide literacy team.
• Maintain bookroom/resources for use in guided reading groups and other literacy strategies.
• Support on-going literacy assessment and analysis of data to guide instructional decisions.
• Work with identified at-risk readers.
• Train support staff in literacy strategies for at-risk readers.
• Establish a trained literacy volunteer program for the school.
• Build partnerships with parents (training etc.) to support literacy at home.
• Demonstrates positive interpersonal relationships with students.
• Demonstrates positive interpersonal relationships with staff.
• Demonstrates positive interpersonal relationships with other administrators.
• Demonstrates positive interpersonal relationships with parents/community.
• Demonstrates punctuality and good attendance for all duties.
• Participates in professional development activities to continually upgrade skills.
• Adheres to school board policies and administrative procedures.
• Adheres to the state Professional Code of Ethics.
• Develops and implements KERA activities that are designed to carry out the goals of the school.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level