Middle School Interventionist

Elm Community Charter School•Plainsboro Township, NJ

About The Position

Elm Community CS is seeking a knowledgeable, creative, and results-driven teacher to serve as a Humanities/ELA or STEM/Math content specialist for a grade-level teacher team and as an interventionist for at-risk learners and students with special needs in grades 5–8. Support may include co-teaching, pull-out small groups, and push-in services. Interventionists work across multiple grades and align interventions with the general education curriculum, including inquiry-based and mastery-based models. The role emphasizes collaboration, differentiated instruction, and openness to feedback and continued professional development. The interventionist builds a positive classroom culture and supports student learning through inquiry-based instruction, adapted curriculum and assessments, and targeted small-group instruction informed by student data. The role includes monitoring student achievement and progress, documenting IEP progress, providing frequent feedback, collaborating with colleagues and leadership, participating in professional development, and communicating with families about students’ academic performance and behavior.

Requirements

Certification in Special Education or TESOL (1–6).
At least 4 years of teaching experience in middle school education; urban education experience is preferred.
Demonstrated ability to adapt curriculum and lessons to varied student needs.

Nice To Haves

A Master’s Degree in Education specializing in elementary or middle school education is highly preferred.
Experience in urban education is preferred.

Responsibilities

Build a classroom culture in which students love learning.
Establish a positive classroom environment through proactive methods, a clear and consistent management system, and strong student rapport.
Teach through an inquiry-based curriculum that places the thinking work on all students.
Adapt and implement curriculum and assessments to meet student needs; adjust unit overviews and pacing calendars based on student needs and assessment cycles.
Design and implement lesson plans and targeted small-group instruction based on student data and needs.
Provide small-group intervention in pull-out and/or push-in settings and co-teach when appropriate.
Collaborate with the grade team to develop differentiations for at-risk students.
Hold all students to high expectations, including students with special needs and emergent bilingual learners.
Collaborate with leadership to develop curriculum that prepares students with the skills, stamina, and understanding of testing as a genre and tool.
Monitor and assess student achievement and progress toward short- and long-term goals and objectives for general education students and students with IEPs.
Document and track progress toward IEP goals and support leadership with teacher reports and school-home partnerships.
Provide students timely and frequent feedback based on formal and informal assessments and aligned with lesson and unit objectives and quarterly goals.
Build relationships and collaborate with staff to meet team goals, share best practices, and address grade-team concerns.
Participate in professional development and apply its material in classroom instruction; work with colleagues and leaders to receive targeted, in-the-moment instructional feedback.
Communicate regularly with families about students’ academic performance and behavior.