Writing Teacher - Middle School

Overview

The dePaul School for Dyslexia is a specialized, independent school dedicated to the education of children in Kindergarten through 8th grade with dyslexia and related language-based difficulties, with the primary goal of enabling these students to achieve academic and personal success.

The dePaul School embraces a school-wide vision and commitment to the following core values:

RESPECT the child — showing understanding and acceptance of their challenges.
TEACH the child — with a research-based proven curriculum and methodologies.
CHALLENGE the child — to meet their potential, setting appropriate expectations.
INSPIRE the child — promoting strengths, fostering creativity and building self-confidence through praise and encouragement.

• Founded in Clearwater in 1983
• Independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
• Full-time day school for students in 1st–8th grades
• Signature Orton-Gillingham based remediation methodology, dePaul Structured Linguistics (DPSL)
• Appropriately leveled and paced classes and workload
• Compassionate and challenging environment
• Small class sizes (Max 12)

Title: dePaul Writing Teacher

Reports To: Principal

We focus on identifying the needs of our learners and filling in specific learning gaps utilizing research-based, explicit, sequential, multisensory teaching methods. We support our staff with ongoing professional development to stay current on best practices for assessing and teaching students with language-based learning differences.

• Create lesson plans and teach writing skills to students with language-based learning differences (including Dyslexia and Dysgraphia) in grades 5–8.
• Teach structured literacy (phonemic awareness, decoding and encoding strategies) using Orton-Gillingham methods.
• Track student progress and plan lessons accordingly.
• Establish procedures and behavior expectations for the management of multi-age classes.
• Evaluate students’ academic and social growth, track grades, and prepare report cards.
• Communicate with parents to inform, update, and discuss students’ progress.
• Maintain professional competence through continued professional development.
• Regularly adjust to flexible scheduling and frequent student changes.
• Supervise students in out-of-classroom activities as necessary.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university required.
• Teaching experience required.
• Training in an Orton-Gillingham based curriculum preferred.
• Experience working with children with language-based learning differences preferred.
• Certification or experience utilizing a multi-sensory phonics/linguistic program preferred.

• Hours:
  
  7:30a–3:30p
• PTO offered.
• Group Health insurance and 401k offered.
• School holidays off.
• Salary based on experience, skills, training, education and flexibility. Range $47,000–$60,000.