Reading Specialist - Middle School

Newton Public Schools • Newton, MA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Reading Specialist provides direct reading services to students with reading disabilities, including those with language-based learning disabilities, to develop strong reading and 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.
• Provide and support formal and informal literacy assessment and data analysis for progress monitoring and reporting purposes.
• Provide case management to students on caseload including running team meetings and developing individualized educational programs.
• Implement other job-related duties as needed.

What This Job Offers

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