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9-31-502. Requirements for educators — Science of reading.
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9-31-502. Requirements for educators — Science of reading.
(a) An individual who teaches nonreaders and juveniles reading at a sixth-grade level or below in the education system of the Division of Youth Services shall:
(1) Have and demonstrate proficient knowledge and skills to teach reading consistent with the best practices of scientific reading instruction as required under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429; and
(2) Administer reading instruction with fidelity, as defined in § 6-41-602.
(b) An individual who teaches juveniles reading at a seventh-grade level or above in the education system of the division shall:
(1) Have and demonstrate awareness of the best practices of scientific reading instruction as required under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429; and
(2) Administer reading instruction with fidelity, as defined in § 6-41-602.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-31-502
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9-31-502. Requirements for educators — Science of reading.
(a) An individual who teaches nonreaders and juveniles reading at a sixth-grade level or below in the education system of the Division of Youth Services shall:
(1) Have and demonstrate proficient knowledge and skills to teach reading consistent with the best practices of scientific reading instruction as required under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429; and
(2) Administer reading instruction with fidelity, as defined in § 6-41-602.
(b) An individual who teaches juveniles reading at a seventh-grade level or above in the education system of the division shall:
(1) Have and demonstrate awareness of the best practices of scientific reading instruction as required under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429; and
(2) Administer reading instruction with fidelity, as defined in § 6-41-602.
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6-17-429. Right to Read Act — Definitions.
(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Right to Read Act”.
(b)(1)(A) No later than 2023, the following shall have proficient knowledge and skills to teach reading consistent with the best practices of scientific reading instruction:
(i) A person who completes a state-approved educator preparation program; and
(ii) A person seeking teacher licensure by reciprocity or by adding an endorsement.
(B) No later than 2023, a person who completes a state-approved educator preparation program other than a teacher of elementary education program shall demonstrate an awareness of the best practices of scientific reading instruction.
(2) Beginning no later than the 2022-2023 school year, each state-approved educator preparation program shall post on its website information describing its program to prepare teachers to teach reading using scientific reading instruction aligned with but not limited to the content measured by the stand-alone reading assessment adopted by the State Board of Education under § 6-17-402.
(c)(1) Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, a public school district and an open-enrollment public charter school shall provide the following professional development in scientific reading instruction:
(A) For teachers licensed at the elementary level in kindergarten through grade six (K-6), teachers with a special education license in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12), and teachers licensed as reading specialists in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12), professional development for one (1) of the prescribed pathways to obtaining a proficiency credential in knowledge and practices in scientific reading instruction; and
(B) For teachers licensed at a level other than the elementar
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-429
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6-41-602. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Dyslexia” means a specific learning disability that is:
(A) Neurological in origin;
(B) Characterized by difficulties with accurate and fluent word recognition and poor spelling and decoding abilities that typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language; and
(C) Often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities;
(2) “Dyslexia interventionist” means a school district or public school employee trained in a dyslexia program, such as a:
(A) Dyslexia therapist;
(B) Dyslexia specialist;
(C) Reading interventionist;
(D) Certified teacher; or
(E) Tutor or paraprofessional working under the supervision of a certified teacher;
(3) “Dyslexia program” means explicit, direct instruction that is:
(A) Systematic, sequential, and cumulative and follows a logical plan of presenting the alphabetic principle that targets the specific needs of the student without presuming prior skills or knowledge of the student;
(B) Systematic, multisensory, and research-based;
(C) Offered in a small group setting to teach students the components of reading instruction, including without limitation:
(i) Phonemic awareness to enable a student to detect, segment, blend, and manipulate sounds in spoken language;
(ii) Graphophonemic knowledge for teaching the letter-sound plan of English;
(iii) The structure of the English language that includes morphology, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics;
(iv) Linguistic instruction directed toward proficiency and fluency with the patterns of language so that words and sentences are carriers of meaning; and
(v) Strategies that students use for decoding, encoding, word recognition, fluency, and comprehension; and
(D)(i) Delivered with fidelity.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-41-602
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