Academic Interventionist - Title I (Garton)

Des Moines Public School District • Des Moines, IA

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About The Position

The academic interventionist serves students in a Title I Schoolwide program with targeted reasons for at risk students for tiered support within the school's MTSS.

Requirements

• Valid Iowa teaching license with a K-8 reading endorsement
• Knowledge of subject, curriculum, effective teaching methods.
• Effective communication skills both oral and written.

Nice To Haves

• Previous teaching experience.
• Experience in an urban school setting.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and provide strategic supplemental academic instruction to meet the individual needs of students.
• Identify students in need of supplemental interventions to support core instruction.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers, administration, and families to identify best practices for individual and small groups of students.
• Plan and teach interventions based on the learning needs of students using high quality materials based in research.
• Monitor student learning daily.
• Use multiple data points to guide group and individualized instruction.
• Ensure intervention sequence aligns with classroom instruction and building MTSS.
• Document interventions in Panorama Students success and record monitoring data there.
• Participate in professional learning communities, literacy and math training for staff, and ongoing professional development opportunities for Interventionists.
• Assist in the planning and implementation of building professional development.
• Communicate with families on a regular basis.
• Demonstrate consistent progress on meeting the eight Iowa Teaching Standards.
• Attend work on a prompt and regular basis.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Maintain satisfactory and harmonious working relationships with the public, students, and other employees.
• Assist with other duties as may be assigned.

Benefits

• All candidates offered a position will be required to successfully pass a criminal background check, and a child and adult abuse registry check. Certain positions may require fingerprinting, a drug and alcohol test, a physical capacity test and/or a motor vehicle record check.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees