ARI Local Reading Specialist

Montgomery, Alabama

Employer: Alabama State Department of Education
Industry: ARI Specialist
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
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.
Created: 2024-09-08
Reference: 133152
Country: United States
State: Alabama
City: Montgomery
ZIP: 36064

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