Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE), Office of Elementary Education and Reading, Division of Literacy is seeking competitive Request for Applications (RFA) from qualified Applicants for an Educator in Residence (EIR) to provide services for the Mississippi Department of Education to implement the Literacy-Based Promotion Act. The Program’s goals to provide successful services are to: provide appropriate services to schools to ensure that there is cohesive, sustained, intensive and classroom-focused professional development and coaching that is rigorous, engaging, and aligned to the Mississippi College and Career-Readiness Standards and The Science of Teaching Reading; develop non-threatening, open, professional, and collaborative work relationships with district-level school personnel, school-based literacy coaches, principals, and teachers; and effectively identify the needs of assigned schools and teachers to prioritize, schedule, organize, and provide technical assistance to teachers to increase grade-level reading outcomes.
