Certified: Literacy Facilitator-Elementary School

Overview

JOB CLASSIFICATION TITLE

Teacher (Elementary School Literacy Facilitator)

DEPARTMENT
Teaching and Learning

Waterbury Teachers’ Association CEA-NEA

Receives administrative direction from the Principal, Content Supervisor, or other administrative official of a higher grade

Part I - Summary Of Classification

Guidelines For Use

The Literacy Facilitator will be used to support all staff in the implementation of the site reading/literacy plans and programs. The Literacy Facilitator will work directly with teachers in a school providing classroom-based demonstrations, collaborative and one on one support, and facilitating teacher inquiry and related professional development. The Literacy Facilitator will focus on enhancing teachers’ ability to provide instruction that builds students’ sense of engagement in the ownership of learning.

The Literacy Facilitator will also work with administrators and teachers to collect and analyze data, interpret, and use it to guide instructional decisions.

• JOB CLASSIFICATION
  
  TITLE:
  
  Teacher (Elementary School Literacy Facilitator)
• DEPARTMENT:
  Teaching and Learning
• BARGAINING UNIT CLASSIFICATION:
  Waterbury Teachers’ Association CEA-NEA
• Reports To:
  
  Receives administrative direction from the Principal, Content Supervisor, or other administrative official of a higher grade
• FLSA DESIGNATION:
  Exempt

This class is accountable for assisting classroom teachers and other instructional staff to develop strategies, skills, tools, techniques, and capacity to effectively teach reading and writing to all students. This class also develops curriculum and lesson plans, utilizes technology to facilitate learning, and demonstrates understanding of the varying learning styles and the needs of a diverse student population.

• Guidelines For Use (see above)

• EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
• General Experience
• Possession of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college.
• Special Requirement
• In addition to the checking of references and of facts stated in the application, a thorough background investigation of each candidate may be made prior to appointment.
• CREDENTIALS:
• All Coaches/Facilitator must become a Google Certified Educator Level 1 and a Google Certified Educator Level 2.
• LICENSURES, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
• Employment in this class is conditional upon possession of a valid Connecticut State Board of Education teaching certificate/endorsement(s) appropriate to the teaching assignment.
• Endorsement as a Reading and Language Arts Consultant (097) or Reading Specialist/Remedial Reading and Remedial Language Arts, 1-12 (102) is preferred.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a current Motor Vehicle operator’s license.
• CONTINUING
  
  EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:
• Teachers in this job class must be continually learning through professional conferences and professional organizations. Teachers in this job class must complete all state requirements for recertification.

• KNOWLEDGE,
  
  SKILLS AND ABILITIES
  
  

• Comprehensive knowledge, gained by formal or informal learning, about the content and methodology of district curriculum and programs.
• Considerable knowledge of educational philosophy, teaching methods and approaches, and currently researched best practices and strategies;
• Considerable knowledge of standard-based and core curriculum areas for which the teacher is responsible, including specialized knowledge in reading/literacy;
• In-depth knowledge of significant topics related to early reading/literacy, such as children’s literature and contemporary research in reading instruction;
• Knowledge of child and/or adolescent development;
• Knowledge of instructional technologies;
• Knowledge of learner outcomes;
• Knowledge of learning theory, students’ learning styles and needs, both academic and affective, and theories of multiple intelligences;
• Knowledge of multicultural, gender and disability fair curriculum concepts;
• Knowledge of and ability to apply the principals of Scientific Research Based Interventions (SRBI);
• Knowledge of successful techniques in classroom…