New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 6A - EDUCATION
Chapter 9B - STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS AND CERTIFICATION
Subchapter 14 - REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CERTIFICATION
Section 6A:9B-14.23 - Early literacy specialist
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) The early literacy specialist endorsement authorizes the holder to serve as a reading specialist in preschool through grade three. An early literacy specialist conducts in-service training of teachers and administrators; coordinates instruction for students or groups of students having difficulty learning to read; diagnoses the nature and cause of a student's difficulty in learning to read; plans developmental programs in reading for all students; recommends methods and materials to be used in the school district reading program; and contributes to the collection of standardized data as a means of determining and monitoring the reading achievement of students. Additionally, the early literacy specialist may serve as the primary general education interventionist for any student in preschool through grade three with a reading or literacy difficulty that is the result of dyslexia or dysgraphia.
(b) A candidate for the early literacy specialist endorsement shall have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, three years of successful teaching experience, a standard New Jersey instructional certificate with a preschool through grade three or elementary endorsement, and one of the following: