This position provides strategic and operational leadership for Mississippi’s involvement in the National Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) to facilitate actions to improve the reading abilities of Mississippi’s children and promote reading on grade-level by completion of the third grade. The incumbent provides oversight of activities to further the CGLR efforts to provide community level solutions as a support for the Mississippi Literacy-Based Promotion Act, works closely with a variety of stakeholder groups, develops plans for campaign implementation, and tracks results.