Curriculum Specialist jobs in Fort Smith, AR

Position Title: K-12 Literacy Curriculum Specialist

Department: Alma School District

Reports To: Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning

Contract Length: 210 Days

Closing: 04/29/2024

Salaries: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dg1PWZ9nNjTn5-4MUH2AC85F2gSmH29P

Alma School District is actively seeking an experienced, talented, and dynamic individual to join our highly successful and progressive schools. The goals and objectives for our literacy specialist include providing powerful job-embedded, ongoing professional development with a primary goal of enhancing classroom literacy instruction through improving teacher expertise. The literacy specialist will offer effective literacy coaching supports to successfully navigate the daily chalenges teachers face in their classroom during literacy instruction. The literacy specialist will collaborate with leaders and teachers through engaging practices such as co-teaching, co-planning, modeling and reflective conversation. Successful candidates will be detail oriented, independent self-starters who demonstrate an unwavering commitment to raising student achievement and who have a record of high performance in challenging situations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, EXPERIENCE AND SKILL SET

• Provide High quality professional development around effective literacy practices and foundations of reading
• Provide feedback, engage in one-on one coaching and model best practices
• Model and teach new high quality instructional materials
• Research and organize response to intervention program in literacy
• Perform coaching cycles of modeling, observing teacher, providing feedback and identifying next steps in improving core literacy instruction
• Support lesson planning and guide curriculum mapping on a district wide continuum
• Analze Data, identify trends and support teachers in adjusting instruction based on data
• Communicate a belief in all students' abilities to become successful readers
• Communicate with leadership team on school-wide and district-wide literacy progress
• Punctual and regular attendance
• Accept supervision and suggestions
• Ability to maintain good relationships with peers and co-workers that are characterized by mutual support, respect, and cooperation
• Able to build capacity among teachers by improving instructional practices and developing a collaborative atmosphere through mentorships and PLCs
• Good physical health/condition to meet the demands of long hours
• Maintain a positive attitude toward students and a cooperative attitude with co-workers
• Ability to professionally communicate with students, co-workers, parents, and community
• Maintain confidentiality pertaining to students and staff
• Display leadership skills and effectively communicate or present information in multiple settings
• Skillful as evidenced by: communication skills, collaboration skills, interpersonal skills, experience with facilitation of adult learners, time management, planning and organization
• Ability to use good judgement in making decisions
• Skillful with technology, must be able to learn how to use state systems and create local data documents

EDUCATION, CREDENTIALS and/or EXPERIENCE

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Valid Arkansas Administrator License or Curriculum Program Administrator License
• At least 5 years experience teaching literacy in a classroom
• Masters degree or higher

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• K-12 literacy experience
• Experience coaching teachers in the science of reading
• Experience as an instructional facilitator

Alma School District assures Equal Employment Opportunities and equal education opportunities for employees and students as required by Federal and State Orders and Laws. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks. This job description is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements. However, management and administration reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary. It is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with this position.