Reading Specialist​/Reading Specialist

Reading Specialist

Cambridge City School District – Cambridge, Ohio.

• Job
• Final date to receive applications:
  Posted until filled
• Posted:
  Jul 20, 2026
• Starting Date:
  Aug 10, 2026
• Location:
  
  Cambridge Middle School and Cambridge High School

The Secondary Reading Specialist will provide direct reading intervention to students in grades 7-12 who demonstrate significant reading needs. The teacher will deliver intervention during scheduled class periods, primarily in small-group settings, using the district's selected curriculum and instructional resources. This role includes progress monitoring, use of diagnostic data, collaboration with school teams, communication with families, and coordination with teachers and support staff to ensure effective literacy support.

• Provide explicit, systematic reading intervention to students in grades 7-12 during scheduled class periods at both Cambridge Middle School and Cambridge High School.
• Deliver instruction using the district‑adopted reading intervention curriculum with fidelity.
• Teach foundational and applied literacy skills, including phonemic awareness, phonics/decoding, morphology, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
• Build strong, supportive relationships with adolescent learners and create a classroom environment that promotes confidence, engagement, and persistence.
• Use screening, diagnostic, and progress‑monitoring data to identify student needs, group students appropriately, monitor growth, and adjust instruction.
• Participate in MTSS processes and collaborate with teachers, intervention teams, and administrators to support student success.
• Attend and contribute to data meetings, intervention planning meetings, and problem‑solving discussions.
• Communicate with parents and caregivers regarding student progress, goals, and support strategies.
• Collaborate with content‑area teachers to support students' access to grade‑level curriculum and strengthen literacy across disciplines.
• Work collaboratively with special education staff, intervention staff, and 504/IEP teams as needed to support student learning.
• Maintain accurate records related to student intervention, attendance, progress, and course performance.
• Teach a credit‑bearing reading course at the high school level.
• Travel between the middle school and high school during the workday (buildings on the same campus).
• Participate in required summer training and ongoing professional learning related to adolescent literacy and district programming.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the building principals or district administration.

• Hold or be eligible to hold an Ohio licensure that permits reading instruction in grades 7‑12, including:
• Ohio licensure in ELA 7‑12
• Reading Endorsement K‑12
• Intervention Specialist K‑12
• Any other valid Ohio teaching license appropriate for providing reading instruction/intervention to students in grades 7‑12
• Strong knowledge of the Science of Reading.
• Ability to deliver district‑selected intervention programming with fidelity.
• Skill in explicit, systematic instruction.
• Ability to analyze student data and use it to drive instructional decisions.
• Ability to motivate and support adolescents with significant foundational skill gaps.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with general education teachers, special education staff, administrators, and families.
• Strong classroom management and organizational skills.
• Commitment to improving literacy outcomes and enabling access to grade‑level content.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

• Strong knowledge of the Science of Reading.
• Understanding of how to support older struggling readers, including students with significant foundational skill gaps.
• Skill in explicit, systematic instruction.
• Ability to analyze student data and use it to drive instructional decisions.
• Ability to motivate and support adolescents who may have experienced repeated difficulty with reading.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with general education teachers, special education…