Read to Achieve Interventionist (K-3)

All Successful applicants will be required to pay for the following to the Board of Education:

Fingerprint Background Check   $53.25

Drug Test   $35.00

Child Abuse and Neglect Check $10.00

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Position Overview: The Read to Achieve (RTA) Interventionist serves as a literacy leader responsible for implementing and supporting a structured literacy, evidence-based reading intervention program within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework. This position ensures that elementary students, with emphasis of K-3,  who are reading significantly below benchmark receive accelerated, data-driven intervention aligned to the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Reading and Writing.The RTA Interventionist also supports schoolwide literacy capacity-building, ensures compliance with KDE RTA grant requirements, and contributes to professional learning at both the school and district levels.

Reports To: School Principal and/or District RTA Coordinator

Primary Responsibilities

1. MTSS  Implementation

• Serve as an active member of the school-based MTSS Team, supporting the design, implementation, and evaluation of Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 literacy systems
• Support the development and monitoring of Reading Improvement Plans and Read at Home Plans in alignment with KRS 158.305
• Collaborate with staff (including classroom teachers, special education, and library media specialists) to ensure coordinated literacy supports
• Assist in building schoolwide capacity for evidence-based literacy practices, particularly in structured literacy
• Support MTSS team efforts to:
• Analyze student data
• Monitor progress and rate of improvement
• Adjust instruction and intervention

2. Intervention Planning and Delivery

• Provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 intervention using a structured literacy, evidence-based program that:
• Aligns to KAS for Reading and Writing
• Targets phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
• Is responsive to diagnostic data and individual student needs
• Ensure intervention services supplement, not replace Tier 1 core instruction
• Deliver short-term, intensive, and explicit instruction designed to accelerate student learning
• Group students flexibly and adjust instruction based on progress monitoring data
• Ensure fidelity of implementation of intervention programs

3. Assessment, Data Collection, and Reporting

• Administer and support administration of:
• Universal screeners
• Diagnostic assessments
• Progress monitoring tools
• Use assessment data to:
• Identify students for intervention
• Inform instruction and intervention adjustments
• Support movement within MTSS tiers
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation, including:
• Assessment data
• Intervention services
• Student progress and outcomes
• Parent communication
• Participate in required KDE and KYRRC reporting, including submission of implementation documentation through designated platforms (e.g., Google Classroom)
• Ensure data is valid, reliable, and collected with fidelity

4. Professional Learning and Capacity Building

• Participate in all required RTA professional learning, including:
• Curriculum-Based Professional Learning (CBPL) aligned to HQIR and intervention programs
• Training on the essential components of reading
• Assessment literacy (screening, diagnostics, progress monitoring)
• KDE’s Getting to Know the KAS for Reading and Writing (GTKTK) training
• Lead and/or facilitate school-level professional learning focused on:
• Structured literacy practices
• Effective intervention strategies
• Data use within MTSS
• Collaborate with district leadership to support or facilitate district-level professional learning as needed
• Engage in ongoing study of evidence-based literacy practices

5. Compliance and Program Implementation

• Ensure full implementation of RTA grant requirements, including:
• Use of KDE-approved high-quality instructional resources (HQIR) for Tier 1
• Implementation of an approved structured literacy intervention program
• Maintain all required documentation for grant compliance and monitoring
• Support school leadership in preparing required submissions, including:
• Assurance documentation
• Professional learning plans
• Implementation evidence
• Ensure adherence to timelines, reporting expectations, and KDE guidance
• Support continuity of services, including planning for intervention delivery during staff absences

6. Family Engagement

• Support implementation of a schoolwide system to:
• Communicate with families of struggling readers
• Provide Read at Home Plans and guidance
• Increase family understanding of how to support literacy development
• Use both digital and non-digital communication methods to engage families

7. Collaboration and Communication

• Work collaboratively with:
• Classroom teachers
• School administrators
• MTSS Team members
• District staff
• Provide guidance to teachers on:
• Interpreting student data
• Aligning Tier 1 instruction with intervention practices
• Communicate student progress and intervention outcomes clearly and consistently

Qualifications

• Valid Kentucky teaching certificate (Elementary or appropriate certification required)
• Demonstrated knowledge of:
• Structured literacy and the science of reading
• MTSS frameworks and intervention systems
• Data analysis and progress monitoring
• Experience delivering reading interventions preferred
• Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills

Performance Expectations

• Demonstrates measurable student growth in reading, particularly among students receiving Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions
• Ensures high fidelity implementation of intervention programs
• Maintains accurate, compliant, and timely data reporting
• Actively contributes to MTSS effectiveness and schoolwide literacy improvement
• Builds teacher capacity through effective professional learning

Terms of Employment

• Salary and contract length in accordance with district salary schedule and RTA grant funding guidelines

EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Certified Personnel.

Salary : $10 - $53