Reading Specialist Pool- Elementary

Main Job Tasks And Responsibilities

• Support Student Learning
• Practice and promote positive interaction with and among students
• Demonstrate enthusiasm for learning and maintain interest in students
• Encourage self-direction and self-motivation in students
• Adapt and adjust instructional presentation of subject content to students' needs and interests
• Maintain and organized program of instruction based on effective long-range plans with evidence of effective lesson planning
• Utilize a variety of appropriate materials and resources
• Communicate the lesson objective and its importance to students
• Utilize appropriate and varied teaching techniques and leaning activities both in class and out of class
• Maintain an effective system of monitoring student progress and to inform appropriate persons of such progress

School Building Responsibilities

• Complete required reports promptly and accurately
• Accept responsibilities outside the classroom as they relate to the school
• Assume responsibility for a neat, safe environment for students committed to the teacher's care

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, or education related to specific subject area to which assigned
• Hold a valid teaching license which meets Commonwealth of Virginia requirements with a Reading Specialist endorsement

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Knowledge
• Thorough knowledge of the subject being taught
• Classroom management strategies appropriate to the learning situation
• Skills
• Relate positively to parents and other community representatives
• Absess individual needs and performance
• Abilities
• Address criticism in an appropriate manner and develop constructive outcomes
• Work cooperatively in a team environment to meet goals
• Organize and perform work independently
• Meet deadlines for all work even when working on multiple projects
• Show sustained effort and enthusiasm in quality and quantity of work