Reading Interventionist - 2026-2027 School Yr

Waxahachie ISD • Waxahachie, TX

17h • Onsite

About The Position

Provide students with reading improvement and other learning difficulties with appropriate learning activities and experience designed to help them fulfill their potential, emotional, physical and social growth. Enable students to develop competences and skills to function successfully in society.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Valid Texas Teacher’s Certification
• Minimum of 3 years teaching experience with primary age children
• Participation in balanced literacy professional development
• Experience in research-based instructional practices
• General knowledge of curriculum and instruction
• Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior
• Ability to collaborate with teachers
• Strong organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
• Five or more years of recent successful classroom experience
• Three years in this position

Nice To Haves

• Teacher Reading Interventionist Job Title: Reading Intervntionist Teacher
• Duty Days: 187
• Reports to: Principal
• Pay Grade: Teacher Pay Grade
• Dept/School: Campus Assigned
• Pay Schedule: Teacher Pay Schedule
• Wage/Hour: Exempt
• Date Revised: 10/2020

Responsibilities

• Apply for Admission to Texas Woman’s University Graduate School
• Participate successfully in two graduate-level Reading Recovery courses during year 1
• Participate successfully in assessment training sessions
• Actively participate in training class discussions
• Complete Behind the Glass demonstration lessons least three times during the training year
• Successfully discontinue at least one student during the training year
• Attend the RRCNA approved Reading Recovery Conference
• Provide one-on-one instruction to four first-grade students for 30 minutes daily sessions, if teacher-in-training, five students thereafter
• Serve a minimum of 8 one-to-one students during the school year
• Demonstrate effective teaching of students using Reading Recovery methods
• Maintain current, daily records on all served students as a basis for planning instruction
• Interpret data using the Observation Survey, Summary and Predictions of progress lesson records, running records, Record of Reading Vocabulary, Developmental Reading Assessment, and Texas Primary Reading Inventory
• Communicate with the teacher leader, parents, first and second grade teachers, and other school personnel on a regular basis for the purpose of student achievement and monitoring
• Submit data to the teacher leader as required
• Monitor the progress of discontinued students through grade 4
• Teach multiple small literacy groups, consisting of 4-6 students in the first and second grade, as assigned by the Teacher Leader
• Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation to accomplish instructional goals and objectives
• Attend Responsive to Intervention (RTI) meetings for students being served in the Reading Recovery program
• Serve as a resource for providing campus principals, teachers, and parents with information on reading development
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor or other administrators that are consistent with the general requirements and qualifications for the position
• Be a positive role model for students and support the goals of the school district
• Establish and maintain open lines of communication with parents, students, principals, Reading Recovery teachers and classroom teachers
• Use effective communication skills to present information accurately and clearly
• Maintain a professional demeanor in all district interactions
• Supervise assigned teacher aide(s).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level