General Description
This is for the school year. Plans, assesses, evaluates, provides, and supports supplemental literacy instruction and intervention based upon specific standards and objectives established by Chesterfield County Public Schools.
Essential Job Functions
- 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.