Reading Specialist/Interventionist - HES

Reading Specialist/Interventionist

Hiddenite Elementary School

Full-time 10-month position with benefits

Available September 10, 2022

General Statement of Job

Under general supervision, the employee is responsible for supporting student achievement in literacy, with special attention to Tier II and Tier III instruction.  A reading specialist performs a variety of tasks in coordinating the successful implementation of individual and/or small group, research-based reading interventions.  This position is also responsible for monitoring, reporting, and communicating student progress and performance and may provide support or professional development in literacy instruction for classroom teachers and instructional assistants.

Required education and experience

• Master’s degree in Reading Education and licensed by the state of North Carolina in the required area(s), preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree with experience in reading and/or literacy instruction.
• Proven record of excellence as a classroom teacher with 3-5 years of experience with various elementary grade levels preferred.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Assess and evaluates the literacy needs of individual students to determine the level of need.
• Collaborates and communicates with teachres, administrators, and families to helpidentify best practices, stratesgies, and activities to enhance the reading skills of individual and small groups of students.
• Develops and uses lesson plans and instructional materials for subject area and translates lesson plans into learning experiences to challenge students and best utilize the available time for instruction.
• Evaluates the academic and social growth of students and keeps appropriate records.
• Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere in the classroom and promote effective participation in all activities.
• Promotes a classroom environment that is safe and conducive to individualized and small group instruction, and student learning.
• Treats all students in a fair and equitable manner; interacts effectively with students, co-workers, parents, and community.
• Maintains and respects the confidentiality of student and school personnel information.
• Communicates effectively with parents through a variety of means and encourages parental involvement in students’ education.
• Meets and plans regularly with school administrators, instructional coaches, other interventionists, and teachers to monitor and support literacy implementation.
• Provides high-quality literacy instruction to small groups of students.
• Uses date to provide research-based interventions and instruction to students; maintains data-based documentation of continuous monitoring of student performance and progress.
• Assists with the professional development of staff through training, modeling, and mentoring.
• Participates in-district meetings and ongoing professional development to imnprove personal knowledge and skills.
• Identifies student needs and cooperates with other professional staff members in assessing and helping students solve health and learning problems.

Additional duties

Performs other related tasks as assigned by the principal and other central office administrators as designated by the superintendent.

Essential knowledge and abilities

• Masterful knowledge of literacy curriculum and instruction.
• Ability to develop and maintain trust, positive rapport, and effective working relationships with students, families, and staff.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, both oral and written.
• Strong instructional skills resulting in student growth.
• Good technical skills with technology/equipment, computer applications/programs, and presentation tools.
• Ability to collect, analyze, and maintain accurate records and statistical data and to develop meaningful reports from that information.
• Expertise in planning and evaluating strategies for improving literacy instruction.
• Ability to motivate students and monitor their safety and well-being.
• Must be adaptable to performing under stress when confronted with emergency situations that interrupt normal daily schedules.
• Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, calculators, pencils, scissors, etc.
• Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally; and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, care, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

The knowledge and abilities described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.