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.