Academic Interventionist

Middletown Public Schools•Middletown, CT

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Middletown Public Schools is hiring an Elementary School Academic Interventionist at Bielefield Elementary School. Reporting to the Building Principal and working with classroom teachers, the interventionist provides support and balanced instruction to students in grades K–5. The role includes personalized learning, use of artificial intelligence software and virtual learning, and literacy-focused intervention to help students make progress toward grade-level skills. The position is paid at $26.42 per hour for 6.5 hours per day, is not a bargaining-unit position, and is eligible for benefits. Interventionists receive five paid sick days and one paid personal day.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to motivate and engage students in learning activities and potential distance learning to achieve literacy growth.
Ability to apply differentiated instructional strategies.
Strong organizational skills.
Ability to collect data and make recommendations for student programs.
Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with school administrators, staff, students, and families.

Nice To Haves

Connecticut Elementary Teaching Certification strongly preferred.
Instructional proficiency in literacy preferred.
Potential experience with Fundations preferred; candidates may be open to district training.
Knowledge and experience with the Connecticut Core Standards in ELA preferred.
Experience with differentiated instructional teaching strategies preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide high-quality instruction to individual students and small groups.
Use data to instruct students and bring their skills to grade level.
Use identified research-based interventions focused on individual student needs.
Maintain data-based documentation of continuous monitoring of student performance and progress.
Provide data to school teams and participate in decisions about student progress.
Participate in meetings with teachers, administration, and families regarding student progress.
Provide diagnostic assessments for students as needed.
Support implementation of assessment tools and data management systems.
Attend appropriate training to improve knowledge and skills.
Collect and analyze student data related to reading and literacy.
Communicate student progress to classroom teachers, the building principal, building teams, and curriculum leadership as needed.
Provide parents and guardians with regular insights about literacy intervention progress.
Promote positive behavior during activities and transitions through effective implementation of SEL strategies.
Perform other reading and literacy support duties as assigned by the building principal or building EIST.