Reading Specialist

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network • Framingham, MA

10d • $56,000 - $58,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Wayside Youth and Family Support Network is hiring a Reading Specialist for Wayside Academy in Framingham. This 40-hour-per-week role provides leadership, coordination, collaboration, and innovation in reading curriculum and instruction so K–12 students can benefit from the reading curriculum in a 220-day setting. The specialist uses varied methods and materials suited to the topic, IEP, and learning style to support students' reading development. The role contributes to a physically safe and intellectually open learning environment consistent with special education best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with a major in the assigned area.
• At least one year of experience in an academic setting.
• Possess or be working toward an Academic Specialist License (Reading).
• Ability to work independently and self-direct projects, including proposing solutions related to curriculum and lesson planning.
• Flexibility and creative thinking, including adapting to changing work situations and responding when lessons or activities do not go as planned.
• Ability to teach, mentor, and coach others, including providing constructive feedback to teachers and aides on reading instruction.
• Dependability and persistence, with excellent follow-through on assigned tasks.
• Good judgment regarding behavior-intervention and student-support strategies.
• Commitment to professional development and seeking new approaches based on evolving best practices.

Responsibilities

• Observe struggling readers in classrooms at teachers’ request.
• Help classroom teachers determine the need for reading interventions and collaborate on instructional strategies.
• Assist teachers in selecting appropriate materials for corrective reading measures.
• Demonstrate new methods and materials, including through team teaching.
• Interpret and share internal and external assessment results with teachers.
• Develop and implement remediation plans for struggling readers.
• Maintain the literature collection in conjunction with the ELA teacher.
• Plan and conduct periodic evaluations to determine whether the reading program needs changes.
• Plan and develop special reading projects with teaching staff.
• Serve as a resource to Academy management on reading instruction and curriculum.
• Lead the development and implementation of the reading program.
• Assess the reading capabilities of newly enrolled students.
• Address students’ remedial instructional needs through collaboration with Academy staff, occasional small-group instruction, and staff development in content-area reading strategies.
• Attend scheduled program functions and parent-engagement opportunities.
• Participate in scheduled student-engagement activities.

Benefits

• Tuition and training reimbursement.
• Paid time off package with three wellness days.
• Nine paid holidays.
• Up to three weeks of vacation in the first year.
• Free training and CEUs.
• Medical benefits.
• Financial health supports.
• Career development opportunities.
• $2,000 sign-on bonus, paid half after six months and half after one year of employment; prorated for part-time.

What This Job Offers

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