Reading Specialist

Posted Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 5:00

Show your passion by empowering youth and families when joining the Wayside team!

Wayside is one of Massachusetts' most respected youth and family-serving agencies, supporting more than 6,000 youth and families annually across Central, Eastern, and Northeastern regions.

We invest in our employees' wellness with comprehensive benefits, including tuition and training reimbursement, a PTO package with 3 wellness days, 9 paid holidays, and up to 3 weeks of vacation in the first year. Enjoy a learning environment with free training, CEUs, and more, along with exceptional medical benefits, financial health supports, and career development opportunities.

Apply today and earn a $2,000 sign-on bonus!

Salary: $56,000.00 to $58,000.00/year + sign-on bonus (half paid after 6 months of employment and half paid after 1 year of employment / pro-rated for part-time).

• Observes struggling readers in the classroom, upon teacher’s request.
• Assists classroom teachers in establishing the need for intervention in regards to reading support and collaborates in planning the instructional strategies.
• Assists in the selection of appropriate materials utilized by the classroom teacher for corrective measures.
• Provides demonstrations of new methods and materials (i.e. team teaching).
• Interprets and disseminates results of both internal and external assessment data to teachers.
• Develop remediation plan for struggling readers.
• Is responsible for maintaining the literature collection in conjunction with the ELA teacher.
• Plans and conducts periodic evaluations to assess the need for changes in the reading program.
• Plans and develops special reading projects in conjunction with teaching staff.
• Serves as a resource to Academy management in areas of reading instruction and curriculum.
• Provides leadership in the development and implementation of the reading program.
• Assesses the reading capabilities of newly enrolled students.
• Provides for remedial instructional needs of students through collaboration with Wayside Academy staff, occasional small group instruction and staff development in content area reading strategies.
• Attend program functions and parent engagement opportunities as scheduled.
• ate in scheduled engagement activities with students.

• Demonstrates ability to work independently (i.e. can self-direct on projects, can propose project solutions in regards to their curriculum area and lesson planning).
• Demonstrates flexibility and creative thinking (i.e. ability to adapt and adjust to changing work situations, recognize and respond quickly when lesson/activity does not go as planned).
• Demonstrates the ability to teach, mentor, and coach others (i.e. able to provide constructive feedback to Teachers and aides in regards to reading instruction, provide thoughtful instruction).
• Demonstrates dependability and persistence (i.e. excellent follow through on assigned tasks).
• Demonstrates good judgement in regards to behavior intervention and student support strategies.
• Demonstrates ongoing commitment to craft and ability to seek out professional development opportunities and new approaches based on evolving best practices (materials, curriculum, etc).
• Bachelor's degree with major in assigned area.
• At least 1 year of experience within an academic setting.
• Posses or working towards a license in Academic Specialist License (Reading).

We will train you in:
Motivational Interviewing;
Courageous Conversations;
Attachment, Regulation and Competency Model (ARC);
Trauma Informed Practice; MAP; TCI; CPR;
First Aid training upon hire.

Wayside welcomes equity-minded applicants whose values align with our goal of being a child welfare and behavioral health agency committed to anti-racism, social justice, and advocacy. Successful candidates are asked to be engaged in Wayside’s dedication to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Bilingual/bicultural and LGBTQ+ applicants are encouraged to apply!