Teacher - Reading Specialist

• Administers diagnostic literacy  assessments in order to identify student reading deficiencies.

• Coordinates and oversees evidence-based supplemental instruction and intervention, as outlined in an individual student reading plan, for students who do not meet literacy benchmarks.

• Supports English teachers in analyzing student results from an approved literacy screener.

• Supports English teachers in using student-level data to inform and plan for core instruction and intervention.

• Oversees literacy screener assessments and documentation procedures as prescribed by the Virginia Department of Education and Chesterfield County Public Schools. 

• Develops and monitors student progress on student reading plans.

• Collaborates with the administration and staff in planning for the instructional needs of all students.

• Participates in ordering and disseminating supplemental and intervention materials.

• Models instructional strategies and best practices for teachers in scientifically based reading research and evidence-based literacy instruction, as defined in the VLA and the 2024 Virginia Department of Education English Standards of Learning.

• Coordinates tutorial services.

• Plans and implements motivational programs to promote reading.

• Coordinates and assists in delivering informational programs on reading and writing for parents.

• Attends regular Reading Specialist meetings and state-level trainings and disseminates information and instructional strategies to the staff in a timely manner. 

• Demonstrates commitment to improving professional competence.

• Performs other duties as established by School Board Policy.

Budgetary Responsibility:

 N/A

Report Preparation 

Prepares periodic reports regarding Gifted Education programs and services as applicable.

Prepare progress monitoring reports for both the school division and the state as applicable.

Develop and monitor student monitoring reading plans.

Equipment Operation: 

Uses standard office equipment and equipment related to education.

Contacts: 

Contact with all levels of CCPS personnel, students, parents.

Work Direction/Supervision:

N/A

Decision Making:

 N/A  

Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities:

 N/A

Physical Demands: 

Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to use a telephone, to enter data into a computer terminal; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear, understand speech and speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly at normal levels indoors and on the telephone. Physical agility to lift up to 25 lbs. bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead. 

Work Environment:

The employee regularly works in a school or office setting.  The noise level is quiet to moderate.