Literacy CoachReading Specialist, Juvenile Detention Home

Full-Time and Permanent;

Contract: 7.33 hours/day200 days/year10 months/year

Minimum Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Education or related field
• VA teaching endorsement as a Reading Specialist Special Education or related field.
• History of successful teaching (especially in area of reading) with at-risk learners.
• Effective organization and administrative management skills including use of technology.
• Experience and/or enthusiasm about peer leadership opportunities and professional development.

Nature of Position

The Literacy Coach works with the principal and faculty to determine the schools strengths and challenges in the area of literacy in order to improve students reading writing and communication skills and content area achievement; work with teachers individually or in a collaborative team to provide a full range of reading writing and communication strategies; observe and provide feedback to teachers on instruction related to literacy development; remain current with scientific based reading research (SBRR); provide professional development to teachers in order to enhance students reading writing and communication skills; model integration of literacy strategies and best practices; administer standardized assessments in reading and mathematics.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

The minimum performance expectations include but are not limited to the following functions/tasks:

• Stay current with educational research as it relates to literacy development.
• Summarize and disseminate the key concepts from this research to the faculty at regular intervals.
• Incorporate SBBR best-practices into the instructional model.
• Administer pre- and post-tests in the areas of reading and mathematics to all enrolled students.
• Distribute assessment data to the teaching staff in a usable organized and electronic format.
• Deliver Professional Development (PD) to teachers at regular intervals and attending PD as appropriate.
• Model integration of literacy strategies and best practices.
• Foster a school-wide climate of literacy and learning.
• Provide support for teachers as they work to enhance the reading writing and communication skills of students.
• Provide targeted and aggressive remediation to students in the greatest need
• Encourage and support opportunities for the independent literacy development of students outside school hours.
• Model lessons team-teach find resources promote reading strategies and literacy initiatives.
• Support and enhance not supplant classroom instruction.

Required Experience:

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