2013+Acting+Literacy+Coordinator+Responsibilities

Responsibilities to be covered in 2013 = =
 * 1) **School Journals**: Journal Surf administrator; journal room – manage booking and return of journals and logging and filing of new journals (12 sets each year); promotion of journals, especially new journals; purchase of journal boxes; annual stocktake.
 * 2) **Lexia**: administration, subscription, promotion, training of staff.
 * 3) **AVAILLL**: administration, promotion, training of staff.
 * 4) **Literacy Tips**: weekly tips as requested by staff.
 * 5) **Literacy@Freyberg wikispace**: maintenance of current pages; inclusion of new relevant material.
 * 6) **PAT administration**: T1 = Y10 only; T4 = Ys9&10.
 * 7) **Literacy Unit Standards**: overall management and coordination across departments; dissemination of information to and training of staff across departments; act as facilitator and “attestor”; overview of literacy achievement of students following the LUS pathway; prepare and submit student work for national moderation.
 * 8) **Contribute to the school newsletters and magazine**.
 * 9) **Make decisions re: implementation of Literacy policies**.
 * 10) **Make recommendations to senior managers when requested**.
 * 11) **Offer guidance regarding course selection to individual identified at risk students**.
 * 12) **Direct teachers to the RTLB service where appropriate**.
 * 13) **Provide and/or coordinate literacy PD for staff:** attend external PD to up-skill and provide PD to pass-on up-to-date information and strategies; seek and organise PD from external providers. Literacy PD needs to be provided to the following groups in 2013: LPLG; teachers of junior support classes across curriculum areas – writing and reading strategies; small-group PD around areas identified in 2012SM survey.