Reading / Literacy Teacher

CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE • New York, NY

8d • $71,314 - $163,820 • Onsite

About The Position

The Reading Literacy Teacher provides targeted instructional support to meet the literacy needs of struggling students through pull-out services and push-in support in the classroom. The role requires the ability to build trusting relationships with struggling readers and foster a supportive learning environment to achieve growth in our students’ literacy. The ideal candidate is adaptive, has a positive approach to challenges, and is relentless in their pursuit of helping every child become a reader. This position is responsible for planning, monitoring, reporting, communicating student progress and performance, and collaborating with general education staff.

Requirements

• Master's in Education, Special Education, or a related field.
• Experience with K-8 students
• Strong background in intervention strategies and progress monitoring
• Able to work independently and in a self-reliant manner
• Ability to turn best practices into high-quality, goal-driven results
• Ability to apply instructional strategies for differentiation
• Ability to collect data and make course placement recommendations for students
• Displays effective time management skills
• Experience with data management tools, organizational tools, and computer skills (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Possesses strong written, oral, and interpersonal skills to communicate with a varied audience

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with multi-tiered support systems (MTSS) a plus

Responsibilities

• Identify students for placement in intervention groups in collaboration with the instructional team
• Plan and deliver high-quality small group instruction that meets the targeted needs of scholars (decoding/ fluency/comprehension)
• Administer ongoing reading assessments to monitor the progress of intervention efforts
• Collaborate with co-teacher(s) to review and assist in developing lesson plans, provide students with grades and timely feedback, modify instruction, incorporate high-leverage co-teaching models, utilize data to inform lesson planning, schedule and attend regular planning and norming meetings, prepare for and attend IEP meetings
• Collaborate with teachers across all core subjects to execute on interdisciplinary literacy initiatives and competency/standard alignment
• Foster literacy environments in the Close Reading, Writing, Phonics, and Literacy Interventions blocks and mindsets where all scholars have access to grade-level standards and demonstrate high levels of growth and achievement
• Uses identified research-based interventions focused specifically on individual student needs
• Maintains data-based documentation of continuous monitoring of student performance and progress
• Implements looking at student work protocols, data analysis practices, and urgently responding to student data
• Communicates with teachers, administration, and families regarding student progress
• Participates in meetings with teachers, administration, and families to discuss student placement and progress
• Provides diagnostic assessments for students as needed
• Attends the appropriate training to improve knowledge and skills
• Performs other related duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

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