Reading Specialist

Description

Position at SESI Schools
The Reading Specialist's primary responsibility will be to provide individualized and small group literacy instruction to a caseload of identified students in pull-out and push-in settings. The Reading Specialist will:

• Serve as a resource person and instructor to accommodate students' reading remediation needs.
• Use assessments to track, monitor, and modify instruction in support of student learning goals.
• Provide pull-out and push-in intervention services for struggling readers.
• Continuously monitor progress of students, both formally and informally, in order to adjust instruction and student grouping.
• Collaborate and communicate with the students' classroom teachers and specialized personnel ( e.g. , special education or ELL teachers) to align instruction and support to both the students' reading development and their classroom instructional needs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The below statements are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work being performed by this position. This is not a complete listing of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required. Other duties may be assigned.

• Participates in the data-based identification of students in need of small group or individual literacy intervention.
• Assists the Student Support Team in setting goals and planning interventions for students struggling with literacy.
• Collaborates with others (trained volunteers, teaching assistants, or teachers) in providing supplemental instruction to struggling readers.
• Is accountable for students' literacy growth and increases each individual student's literacy achievement.
• Creates a positive, achievement-oriented learning environment.
• Reflects on successes and areas of growth as a teacher, seeks to improve performance, and responds to feedback.