What are the responsibilities and job description for the ARI LOCAL READING SPECIALIST position at CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Duties and Responsibilities
• 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 need.
• 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.
