Interventionist Teacher (Grades 4-6) 

Salary: $38,000 per year, based on qualifications.

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Status:  Exempt Regular Full-Time 

Annual Days: 196

Start Date: July 26, 2024 

Degree Transcripts/ Diploma must be included in your application for consideration.

The mission of The Vanguard School is to help guide students in development of their character and academic potential through academically rigorous, content-rich educational programs.

Job Product: High-quality individualized intervention instruction to qualified students with the aim of achieving mastery of content and The Vanguard School mission for those students. 

General Purpose: The Upper Elementary Interventionist Teacher provides quality individualized instruction to eligible students in grades four through six grades through a commitment to team participation in planning and implementation of student intervention programs in consultation with special and general education staff. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

Subject matter knowledge

• Provide small group reading instruction to identified students.
• Create and implement lessons to target reading deficits.
• Administer DIBELS to students with reading deficits in grades 4-6
• Work collaboratively with homeroom teachers to increase reading proficiency.
• Monitor student reading progress.
• Plans curriculum and instruction. 
• Manages classroom climate and operation. 
• Promotes achievement. 
• Meets professional responsibilities. 

Other Duties and Responsibilities: As needed or assigned. 

 Qualifications, Knowledge, and Abilities: 

• Principles, theories, methods, techniques, and strategies pertaining to teaching and instruction of elementary students. 
• Child growth and development and behavior characteristics of upper elementary students.
• Educational curriculum and instructional goals and objectives; and the educational trends and research findings pertaining to student educational programming. 
• Behavior management and behavior shaping strategies, techniques and methods, and conflict resolution procedures. 
• Socio-economic and cultural background differences of the general school population 
• Technology including computers and computer programs. 
• Plan, organize, develop, and enthusiastically conduct a comprehensive teaching and instruction program for pupils in four through six grades.
• Apply concepts and abstract learnings to practical situations. 
• Provide effective learning experiences for students with a wide range of socio-economic and cultural backgrounds and with varying mental, social, and emotional levels. 
• Effectively access the educational needs of students and design, develop, and implement sound individualized educational plans. 
• Perform research and development activities pertaining to related upper elementary curriculum and instruction programs, pilot programs, and innovative programs designed to enhance student educational opportunities and experiences. 
• Communicate effectively in oral and written from using grammatically correct language. 
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships.

Minimum Requirements:

• Have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree. 
• Passed the Elementary Education and Reading Exams (Praxis II) 

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Paid time-off
• Vision insurance
• Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA) a lifetime monthly benefit in retirement. 

DISCLAIMERS

• You are required to disclose relevant issues related to criminal history, employment history, and licensure history in order to apply.
• All employees must submit to and pass a CBI / FBI fingerprint background check as a condition of employment.
• The Vanguard School is subject to all federal and state laws and constitutional provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, or ancestry in its programs and activities.