EXAMPLES OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Note: (Incumbents may perform any combination of the essential functions shown below. This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, knowledge, or ability associated with this classification, but is intended to accurately reflect the core job elements.)

Designs and delivers professional development on the identification of Evidence-based reading strategy; Structured Literacy and the critical components and principles of effective foundational reading skills instruction.

Collaborates to build teacher capacity by coaching, mentoring, and modeling in the following areas: use of research-based instructional strategies, planning for and implementing differentiated lessons, and effective use of student data to inform instruction.

Provides individualized, data-driven coaching to classroom teachers based on classroom observations, student assessments, and teacher needs.

Facilitates collaborative planning sessions with classroom teachers to help ensure instruction targeted to the lowest-performing subgroups.

Collaborates with school and system leaders in the evaluation and implementation of evidenced based core instruction.

Collaborates with school leaders and school-based teams to develop master schedules that support the delivery of a continuum of reading instruction and monitor the fidelity of implementation of an effective literacy program.

Supports schools in the selection and implementation of a variety of formal and informal assessments that will assess students skills in phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, and comprehension.

Reviews field appropriate literature and research studies and reports to support and disseminate instructional best practices that develop content knowledge and skills, critical and creative thinking, and academic success.

Reviews field appropriate literature and research studies and reports to support and disseminate instructional best practices that develop content knowledge and skills.

Researches and provides instructional resources to classroom teachers who support students with disabilities and students receiving ESOL services.

Support the process of using real-time data to plan lessons that meet current student needs. Uses a wide array of formative and summative assessments to continuously inform the specific instructional strategies as well as provide responsive interventions.

Collaborates with the Reading Specialist and team leaders to provide job-embedded professional learning to improve teacher understanding of literacy instruction with an emphasis on the lowest-performing subgroups.

Collaborates with content supervisors on evaluation and selection of instructional materials.

Understands and applies principles of performance evaluation and professional growth standards for employees.

Performs related duties consistent with the scope and intent of the position.

In alignment with MCPS¿ core values, effectively supports work around equitable, culturally responsive instruction with the goal of ensuring academic success is not predictable by race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, language proficiency, or disability.

Implements research-based practices that support the mitigation of learning disruption as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.