Reading Specialist
Classified
10 Month, 7.5 hours/day
Full-time with benefits
STOKES COUNTY SCHOOLS JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: READING SPECIALIST / MIDDLE SCHOOL
GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB
Under general supervision, the employee performs a variety of administrative tasks in
coordinating the successful implementation of small group reading interventions. Employee
directly supports students with small group research-based reading interventions. Employee
reports to the building level administrator.
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Participates in regularly scheduled school level meetings as required
Plans, schedules, and conducts content meetings
Helps teachers link best practices and materials to standards
Develops and models mastery lesson plans
Create and/or contribute to the development of common assessments
Helps schools identify appropriate re-teaching methods and strategies
Responds to daily email and phone inquiries
Develops and supports school-wide literacy initiatives
Provides support to teachers in their classrooms through coaching, modeling, and mentoring
Meets regularly with instructional coach and the principal to monitor and support literacy
implementation and individual teacher needs
Participates in regular professional development to improve knowledge and skills
Performs other related work as required.
MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Experience in modeling instruction in elementary school core content
areas preferred. Proven record of excellence in literacy instruction/intervention
required with evidence-based reading programming training preferred (reading recovery, Wilson,
etc.).
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRED
TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Physical Requirements: Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including
computers, copiers, calculators, etc. Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle. Must be
able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force
constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
Light Work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree.
Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable,
functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious
standards) of data, people or things.
Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or
exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments or directions to subordinates or
assistants.
Language Ability: Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms,
strategic plans, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations,
budgets, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar,
diction, and style. Requires the ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control
and confidence.
Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define
problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive
variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several
abstract and concrete variables.
Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures,
to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently
in standard English.
Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract;
multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of algebra,
descriptive statistics and statistical inference.
Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.
Motor Coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately
in using office equipment.
Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment
and hand tools. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
Color Discrimination: Does not require the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of
color.
Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and
receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with
emergency situations.
Physical Communication: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or
exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear.) Must
be able to communicate via telephone.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Masterful knowledge of literacy curriculum and best practices.
Knowledge of effective staff development models that lead to increased student achievement
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Considerable human relations and human development skills
Demonstrated leadership ability
Good technical skills with technology and presentation tools
Ability to use common office machines and popular computer-driven word processing,
spreadsheet and file maintenance programs
Ability to collect and analyze statistical data
Ability to maintain complete and accurate records and statistics and to develop meaningful
reports from that information
Ability to plan and evaluate strategies for improving instruction
Ability to exercise considerable tact and courtesy in frequent contact with the public
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work
assignments
DISCLAIMER
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work
performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted
as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of
employees to this job. |