Job Title
Elementary Reading Intervention Teacher--Early Reading (ER) Room (2019-2020)

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District Name
Syracuse City School District

Posted on
Apr 15, 2019,12:01 AM EST

Expiry Date
May 24, 2019,11:59 PM EST

Job Description

Please note that this posting is for anticipated openings for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year. Locations will vary depending on availability.




ABOUT OUR DISTRICT:

The Syracuse City School District is undergoing a new phase of innovation and transformation with the goal of ensuring that all students graduate high school with the skills needed to be ready for college and career. For Syracuse, all means all - including students who fall behind or have been considered "hard to serve" for a host of reasons. The School Board and Syracuse community have charged Superintendent Jaime Alicea with improving student achievement, and he is seeking a dedicated team of school leaders and teachers to partner with him in moving the district toward its goals.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Superintendent Alicea is leading an early literacy initiative with the goal of all students reading on grade level by grade 3. This critical work is focused on our youngest students and is intended to establish a solid foundation that will have an enduring impact on students and the district. Currently, far too many of our students are in need of intensive academic intervention in reading.

Early Reading Room Intervention Teachers will support schools and teachers in the continuous improvement process in reading instruction and intervention. They will be expected to engage in and support facilitation of the RTI problem solving process in the school they are assigned. As Intervention Teachers, they will collaborate with building leaders and colleagues to analyze various data sets and interpret results to improve instruction and intervention. They will be responsible for comprehensive record-keeping to monitor and ensure treatment integrity, progress monitoring, and student growth.

Reading intervention is about more than extra supports or additional time; it is about transforming children's futures. For this position, we are seeking passionate educators who will commit to teaching struggling early readers with determination, purpose, integrity, and intensity.

REPORTS TO: Director of English Language Arts and School Principal

Personal/Professional Qualities:

• Possesses a sense of urgency and relentlessness in the pursuit of student success
  
• Is reflective, self-aware, adaptable, and open to challenges to current core beliefs and/or practices related to education, specifically literacy instruction and learning
  
• Thinks critically and is solution-oriented
  
• Takes initiative
  
• Communicates effectively to a variety of stakeholders
  
• Maintains meticulous records and adheres to guidelines and deadlines
  

Professional Responsibilities:

Content Expertise:

• Possess previous knowledge/experience (or willingness to learn) around:
  
  • Research-based models of reading
    
  • Continuum of phonological awareness and phonics-based knowledge & skills
    
  • Research-based strategies for development of word recognition and language/text comprehension strategies.
    
  • Literacy screening, diagnostic, and progress monitoring tools and data analysis procedures
    
  • Knowledge of Next Generation ELA Grade-Level Standards for grades K-3
    
    
• Attend professional development recommended or required by the supervisor; this includes professional development that may take place outside of regular school hours, over the summer, and online. Attendance at professional development outside of regular school hours will be compensated at the Unit 1 hourly rate for extension of service.
  

Planning/Instruction:

• Collaborate with school and district personnel to diagnose student need and match intervention resources to student groups
  
• For groups of students, set short and long-term learning goals and targets; plan targeted instruction matched to student need
  
• Deliver targeted literacy intervention to small groups of students daily using evidence-based strategies and resources as identified by district instructional leads
  

Assessment:

• Administer and interpret appropriate assessments of various types (screening, diagnostic, progress monitoring, etc.)
  
• Utilize effective formative assessment strategies during instruction, providing corrective feedback appropriately throughout lessons
  

Record-Keeping:

• Maintain and submit accurate and up-to-date records of all students' attendance, intervention integrity, and progress
  

Collaboration/Communication:

• Collaborate with school and district staff to develop schedules for intervention
  
• Confer with classroom teachers regarding reading needs of students being served
  
• Communicate regularly with parents concerning student progress as outlined in the SCSD Response to Intervention (RTI) Guidance Document
  

Other:

• Perform other non-administrative duties and responsibilities related to literacy as assigned by supervisor.
  

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum five (5) years of teaching experience required
  
• Minimum three (3) years of experience as a teacher leader
  
• Appropriate New York State Teacher Certification
  
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit; be flexible, willing and able to play different instructional roles at the school; and be willing to go above and beyond to meet the varied and constant needs of the students of the SCSD
  
• Excellent organizational, communication and facilitation skills
  
• Prior demonstration of exemplary attendance is expected of any candidate for hire
  
• Training and/or experience with Culturally Relevant Education (preferred)
  

• City Residents are encouraged to apply!

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to work beyond the ten-month school year and typical staff day
  
  

SALARY/SALARY RANGE:

• Starting teacher salary per the Unit 1 Collective Bargaining Agreement. With proof of outside, related experience and college transcripts, the salary will be increased pursuant to the Unit 1 contractual agreement.
  
• Teachers who are assigned to work at schools with extended learning time will receive an additional stipend up to $5,827.
  

APPLICATION DEADLINE: All applications must be submitted by May 24, 2019.

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