The Reading Intervention Teacher provides targeted instructional support to meet the literacy needs of struggling students through both pull-out services and push-in classroom support. This role requires the ability to build trusting relationships with students and foster a supportive learning environment that promotes literacy growth and student confidence. The ideal candidate is adaptable, maintains a positive approach to challenges, and is relentless in ensuring every child becomes a reader. This position is responsible for planning instruction, monitoring and reporting student progress, communicating student performance with stakeholders, and collaborating closely with general education staff to support student success.
Essential Responsibilities
Identify students for placement intervention groups in collaboration with the instructional team
Plan and deliver high-quality small group instruction that meets the targeted needs of scholars (decoding/ fluency/comprehension)
Administer ongoing reading assessments to monitor the progress of intervention efforts
Collaborate with classroom teachers, as needed, around teaching reading and supporting students in the mainstream setting, and best classroom instructional practices
Collaborate with other Reading Intervention Teachers to ensure programs support each other and align appropriately across school divisions
Uses identified research-based interventions focused specifically on individual student needs
Maintains data-based documentation of continuous monitoring of student performance and progress
Provides data to school teams and participates in decisions about student progress
Communicate with teachers, administration, and families regarding student progress
Participates in meetings with teachers, administration, and families to discuss student placement and progress
Provides diagnostic assessments for students as needed
Attends the appropriate training to improve knowledge and skills
Performs other related duties as assigned
Able to work independently and in a self-reliant manner
Ability to turn best practices into high-quality, goal-driven results
Ability to apply instructional strategies for differentiation
Ability to collect data and make course placement recommendations for students
Displays effective time management skills
Experience with data management tools, organizational tools, and computer skills (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
Possesses strong written, oral, and interpersonal skills to communicate with a varied audience
Required - Master's in Education, Special Education, or related field
Required - NYS Certification in a related field
Required - At least two years of prior teaching experience.
