Uplift Michigan Online School is in search for High School Reading Intervention Teacher!
Summary/Objective
Uplift Michigan Online School must provide an excellent education to all of our students consistent with the mission, vision, and goals of the Academy and with the core values of Summit Management Consulting. The Reading Intervention Teacher will be responsible to work with students to increase student achievement in courses, on benchmark assessments, and on state assessments.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Learning Specialist:
- Meet with students in small groups, and 1:1 when necessary, to close achievement gaps and improve student performance on assessments.
- Analyze State, District and classroom data.
- Work with students to accelerate academic performance.
- Become familiar with NWEA testing and all other testing processes that are used.
- Provide activities and instructional strategies to increase student’s knowledge in the core academic areas.
- Consistently review and analyze student performance data to develop plans to meet the needs of all students.
- Maintain timely, complete and accurate student records and schedules.
- Ensure that parents are frequently advised as to their child’s performance and progress.
- Attend and administer state assessments, in-person.
- Support benchmark assessment administration and reporting.
- Responsible to provide activities and support strategies that will increase student achievement on mandated assessments.
- Provides documentation and tracking tools for the support of eligible students in a timely manner.
- Perform other duties and tasks as directed by School Administration.
- Provide engagement support, including but not limited to calls home, texts, emails to students/families, in-person event attendance.
Competencies
- Behavior and classroom management
- Ability to, at times, work autonomously
- Google Suite tools (sheets, chat, meet, slides, email, etc.)
- Positive communication skills; able to relate to students, parents, and staff
- Strong attention to detail
- Analysis of student achievement data
- Positive reinforcement skills
- Punctuality, exemplary attendance and reliable
- Strong teamwork skills and interest in working with on a team
- Understanding and ability to incorporate student learning styles
- Mastery of assigned subject of instruction
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional home office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
Summit Management Consulting, LLC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Summit Management Consulting, LLC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Summit Management Consulting, LLC expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Summit Management Consulting, LLC’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
Schedule
This role requires work between 8am and 4pm, Monday through Friday and additional hours as needed. This is a full time, salary position that requires 40 hours plus, if necessary to complete required tasks. This is a remote position, but the hours are not flexible.
In person commitments are aa requirement. These include:
- State testing
- Field trips
- Professional development
- Graduation
Required Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree required and Michigan Teaching Certification in the assigned area as well as pre-service experience, as required for certification.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
