PROGRAM SPECIALIST – SECONDARY LITERACY

Salary Schedule

To provide specialized instructional literacy support and coaching services within secondary schools to achieve district goals.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution required. Master’s degree preferred. Ed. Leadership certification preferred.
2. Valid Florida teaching certificate or have applied to obtain a Florida teaching certificate.
3. One (1) year coaching or teacher leader experience to include leading professional learning and using coaching competencies.
4. Three (3) years of teaching required. Secondary literacy preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Knowledge of teaching and learning processes. Knowledge of the program area of responsibility. Knowledge of organization and management theory and practice. Knowledge and commitment to decentralized decision-making and accountability for results that facilitate creative processes toward achievement of district goals. Knowledge of literacy education theory and practice. Ability to work and communicate effectively with people to focus resources (both human and financial) toward the achievement of district goals. Ability to facilitate group processes in consensus building, conflict resolution, planning and decision making. Understands that quality teaching and learning are the essential processes and product of public schools and has the ability to focus human and financial resources toward this goal. Ability to support secondary ELA/Reading. Experience with the OCPS framework of coaching support and training such as Modeling, Co- Teaching, Co-Facilitating, Asking Questions and Providing Feedback.

REPORTS TO: Senior Administrator Secondary Literacy, Curriculum, and Instruction

SUPERVISES: N/A

MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT:
Machines, tools, equipment, electronic devices, vehicles, etc., used in this position. Telephone, Computer, (Personal Computer and Mainframe), Automobile, Copier

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Describes physical conditions of this position.

Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated as Light Work.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY:
Physical activities of this position. Percent of a typical day involved in each applicable activity is noted.

Percentage
70 Sitting: Resting with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs.
10 Standing: Assuming an upright position on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
10 Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances.
5 Bending: Lowering the body forward from the waist.
5 Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
5 Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position through the use of the upper extremities and back muscles exerting up to 10 pounds of force.
80 Finger Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm.
70 Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
90 Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed accurately, loudly, or quickly.
90 Hearing Acuity: The ability to perceive speech and other environmental sounds at normal loudness levels.
90 Visual Acuity: The power to see at a level which allows reading of numbers and text, operation of equipment, inspection of machines, etc.

Note: Will total more than 100 percent as several activities may be performed at one time.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
Conditions the worker will be subject to in this position.

Indoors and Outdoors: The worker is subject to both environmental conditions. Activities occur inside and outside.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
∗ Manifest a professional code of ethics and values.
∗ Respond to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous, and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive
light.
∗ Model the routine, intentional and effective use of technology in daily work, including communications, organization, and management tasks.
∗ Develop and provide support to schools, both centrally and site based.
∗ Provide support and expertise as requested by schools, learning communities for secondary literacy.
∗ Keep the Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction and the Senior Administrator of Secondary Literacy informed of current critical issues and incidents about which he should be aware.
∗ Coordinate activities and professional development opportunities associated with districtwide consistency within their discipline(s).
∗ Provide district leadership regarding current trends, best practices and promising innovations in educational programs and processes or in areas of assigned responsibility.
∗ Assist instructors to increase the effectiveness of standards-based instruction in literacy.
∗ Model appropriate strategies to help build capacity with school and district-based staff in the areas of consulting, collaboration, and coaching.
∗ Responsible for conducting ongoing district-wide professional development in the area of content expertise listed.
∗ Responsible for conducting school based professional development, as requested, in the area of content expertise listed.
∗ Responsible for training school-based staff on district approved enterprise systems and materials that impact student learning.
∗ Develop and revise curriculum resources materials to support continual improvement of instruction in secondary literacy.
∗ Follow the district’s policies and procedures as related to all HRMD guidelines and the district’s instructional initiatives.
∗ Follow the district’s policies and procedures as related to fixed assets.
∗ Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology being used by OCPS. With the support of the district, attend training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.
∗ Responsible for maintaining timely and accurate information and accountable for the quality of information maintained by those they supervise.
∗ Responsible for self-development and keeping up to date on current research, trends, and best practices relevant to the area of responsibility.

Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

* Essential Performance Responsibilities

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Non-bargaining unit compensation plan, twelve months, 8.0 hours per day.

EVALUATION:
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on evaluation of personnel.

04/24/2024