What are the responsibilities and job description for the High School Reading Specialist position at Career Search?
Description and Vision:
The Soulsville Charter School (TSCS) High School's Reading Specialist's primary role is to provide differentiated instruction for high school students; developing readers using the Sonday curriculum Monday-Friday. The specialist is tasked with providing foundational reading skills to enable students to grow, as measured by the Edgenuity assessment, and matriculate to higher level reading classrooms. In addition to this primary responsibility, the specialist will lead Accelerated Reader (AR), serve as a member of the intervention team, provide some push-in support and other assigned duties.
Report To: Director of Special Populations
Responsibilities:
- Reading Classes
- Teach small group sections of Foundational Reading intervention classes (9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade groups) using the Sonday curriculum
- Consistently track and use student data to monitor and update reading interventions
- Accelerated Reader (AR)
- Manage the AR program and associated incentive program
- Support staff in managing their classroom libraries using the Alexandria system
- Serve as Intervention Team Member
- Lead the HS dyslexia group
- Lead a HS RTI group
- Other: Perform other duties as assigned.