What are the responsibilities and job description for the ARI Reading Specialist position at Montgomery Co?
Qualifications:
- The required Alabama Professional Educator Certificate.
- A bachelor's degree and advanced coursework or professional development in the science of reading, such as multisensory language instruction or comparable alternative training approved by the State Board of Education.
- A minimum of two years of experience as a successful elementary or literacy teacher.
- A knowledge of scientifically based reading research, special expertise in quality reading instruction and intervention, dyslexia specific interventions, and data analysis.
- A strong knowledge base in the science of learning to read and the science of early childhood education.
- Excellent communication skills with outstanding presentation, interpersonal, and time management skills
Essential Duties:
- Collaborating with the principal to create a strategic plan for coaching.
- Facilitating schoolwide professional development and study groups.
- Modeling effective reading instructional strategies for teachers.
- Coaching and mentoring teachers daily.
- Facilitating data analysis discussions and supporting teachers by using data to differentiate instruction according to the needs of students.
- Fostering multiple areas of teacher professional learning, including exceptional student education and content area knowledge.
- Prioritizing time for those teachers, activities, and roles that will have the greatest impact on student reading achievement, such as coaching and mentoring in classrooms.
- Monitoring the reading progress of all students a minimum of three times per year and making recommendations for adjustment of instruction according to student-specific needs.
- An Alabama Reading Initiative local reading specialist may not perform administrative functions such as serving as an evaluator, substitute teacher, assessment coordinator, or school administrator.
