NRS 388.159
Literacy specialist: Designation

  • additional compensation
  • provision of professional development in subject area of reading
  • regulations.

1.

The principal of a public elementary school, including, without limitation, a charter school, shall designate a licensed teacher employed by the school to serve as a literacy specialist. The licensed teacher so designated must:

(a)

Demonstrate the ability to improve the literacy of pupils;

(b)

Demonstrate competency in effective instruction in literacy and the administration of assessments;

(c)

Demonstrate an understanding of building relationships with teachers and other adults;

(d)

Collaborate with the principal of the public elementary school to develop a schedule of professional development and assist in providing such professional development; and

(e)

Assist teachers at the school by implementing a system of support which includes various methods to provide intervention services and intensive instruction for pupils who have been identified as deficient in the subject area of reading.

2.

A school district or charter school may provide additional compensation to:

(a)

A licensed teacher designated as a literacy specialist pursuant to this section; or

(b)

A licensed teacher who is employed by a school district or charter school to teach at an elementary school and provides instruction in reading.

3.

Each licensed teacher employed by a school district or charter school to teach at an elementary school and who is responsible for providing instruction in reading shall complete professional development developed by a licensed teacher designated as a literacy specialist pursuant to subsection 1 in the subject area of reading.

4.

The State Board shall prescribe by regulation:

(a)

Any training or professional development that a licensed teacher designated as a literacy specialist is required to successfully complete;

(b)

Any professional development that a teacher employed by a school district or charter school to teach at an elementary school is required to receive as developed by a licensed teacher designated as a literacy specialist in the subject area of reading; and

(c)

The duties and responsibilities of a licensed teacher designated as a literacy specialist.
MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

Source: Section 388.159 — Literacy specialist: Designation; additional compensation; provision of professional development in subject area of reading; regulations., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-388.­html#NRS388Sec159.

Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

§ 388.159’s source at nv​.us