Reading Specialist- High School

Newton Public Schools • Newton, MA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Reading Specialist provides direct reading service to students with reading disabilities, including students with language-based learning disabilities, to develop strong reading & writing skills in accordance with IEP goal areas and benchmarks. This specialist also engages in the special education process including IEP meetings and service recommendations.

Requirements

• Valid Massachusetts Special Education/Moderate Special Needs teaching license required
• Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, and/or LindaMood Bell Certification required
• Masters Degree
• Experience teaching and assessing reading skills
• Ability to handle multitude of varying and complex literacy issues
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Computer experience

Nice To Haves

• Reading Specialist license preferred
• Familiarity and experience with various encoding and decoding literacy instructional methodologies
• Familiarity with language-based instructional methodologies
• Familiarity and experience with the administration of reading assessments, analysis of data from assessments, and ability to write comprehensive educational evaluation reports from assessment data
• Familiarity with progress monitoring methods and utilization of data to drive intervention
• Familiarity and experience with individual and small group instruction & intervention in reading and writing

Responsibilities

• Provide direct instruction and intervention to struggling readers for encoding/ decoding, reading comprehension and reading fluency
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively with other professionals and service providers in planning instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners
• Comprehensive knowledge of reading and language-based disabilities and evidenced-based interventions for supporting students with varying reading and language-based disabilities
• Knowledge of specialized instructional techniques for supporting the written expression work of struggling readers
• Provide and support formal and informal literacy assessment and data analysis for progress monitoring and reporting purposes
• Ability to provide case management to students on caseload including running team meetings and developing individualized educational programs
• Consistent, reliable and punctual attendance is essential for supervision and instruction of the students
• Responsible for implementing “other job related duties” as needed

What This Job Offers

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