What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reading Intervention - Springboro Intermediate position at Springboro Community City Schools?
READING INTERVENTION SPECIALIST
Springboro Intermediate
SUMMARY: Under general supervision, provides daily, structured literacy reading intervention instruction to assigned students; prepares daily lesson plans; supervises student participation in curricular, co-curricular, and related activities. Reports to the building principal.
Duties And Performance Expectations
Springboro Intermediate
SUMMARY: Under general supervision, provides daily, structured literacy reading intervention instruction to assigned students; prepares daily lesson plans; supervises student participation in curricular, co-curricular, and related activities. Reports to the building principal.
Duties And Performance Expectations
- Provides daily, structured literacy reading intervention instruction to assigned students; prepares daily lesson plans utilizing board-adopted reading intervention materials; utilizes research-based teaching strategies and materials; develops critical thinking skills, and promotes literacy growth.
- Administers state and district level assessments, as required, throughout the year.
- Administers early literacy benchmark assessments (ie: DIBELs, ORF).
- Collaborates with other reading intervention teachers, classroom teachers, principals, and district administration to form and schedule reading intervention classes.
- Evaluates assigned students with on-going formative and summative assessments to diagnose reading difficulties; to target reading interventions; and to evaluate for student progress throughout the program, i.e. benchmark assessments, DIBELs, Decoding and Encoding surveys. Makes informed decisions concerning reading instruction based upon assessment data.
- Collaborates with building and district administrators to plan and implement effective, research-based strategies in literacy instruction. Serves as a teacher resource for effective, research-based literacy practices.
- Collaborates with classroom teachers to provide intervention literacy instruction to at-risk students that support the classroom teacher's instruction and Common Core State Standards in the English Language Arts.
- Schedules and confers with parents periodically. Confers with school personnel (e.g., principal, teachers, counselor, psychologist, supervisors, etc.) as necessary.
- Provides on-going appropriate written and verbal feedback of student progress to students, parents, and classroom teachers.
- Participates in professional development activities, including in-services, workshops, seminars, and conferences.
- Serves on education related committees (e.g., curriculum, course of study, textbook, etc.).
- Inventories assigned facility areas and provides inventory data to the building principal's office. Requisitions supplies, materials, and equipment as needed.
- Demonstrates regular and predictable attendance.
- Performs required supplemental duties (e.g., takes attendance, grade card reporting, interim reports, book orders, supply orders, bulletin boards, etc.).
- Supervises and disciplines students (e.g., classroom, hallways, restrooms, lunchroom, assemblies, bus duty, etc.) following the student discipline code.
- Participates in and helps supervise emergency preparedness drills (e.g., tornado, fire, etc.).
- Participates in co-curricular and school community activities.
- Performs other duties required in job description and as assigned by supervisor.
- Bachelor's Degree or advanced degree
- Valid Ohio teaching certification/license with Reading Endorsement
- Orton Gillingham training preferred.
- Must pass a criminal background check.
- Effective Date: 2026/2027 school year
- Length of Employment: One year limited contract
- Salary and Fringe Benefits: Based on the current negotiated agreement.