Literacy Specialist

This job is also posted in EVERGREEN VIRTUAL ACADEMY

Job : 5949300

Final date to receive applications: Oct 23, 2026 11:59 PM (Pacific Standard Time)

Re-Posted: Yesterday

Starting Date: Immediately

EVA Literacy Specialist

Important information about this position:

• Employees of EVA are required to reside in Oregon.
• Please include at least one current and/or recent supervisor on references to be considered.
• As per our CBA , steps on our salary scale are not aligned directly with years of experience. To determine placement on the salaray scale, most will fall at half of their experience plus 2 additional steps. Please refer to details on pages 37-39 of the CBA.
• Specialist postions include an additional stipend, please refer to the CBA for details.
• EVA pays the employee 6% PERS contribution and employer contributions toward health insurance premiums can be found in the CBA.
• This is a virtual position with some required in person events and/or PD. For additional information, please refer to the Events section of the CBA.
• The workday is 8am-4pm M-F.

Overview

Evergreen Virtual Acad emy (EV

A) is an independently managed, public charter school for Kindergarten through 12th grade students in Oregon. When you join the team at EVA, you join a team of dedicated professionals working all over the state in a virtual environment to ensure the success of our families and students meet their educational needs and goals. EVA is authorized by the North Bend School District and accredited through Cognia.

Job Summary

The Literacy Specialist supports students who need additional instruction in reading and literacy skillsprimarily across middle and high school. This position provides targeted, evidence-based literacy intervention through intervention classes, small-group instruction, and individual support, within general education classrooms as well as providing targeted intervention for credit recovery at the high school.

The Literacy Specialist works collaboratively with teachers, special education staff, intervention teams, and school administrators to identify student needs, deliver targeted instruction, monitor student progress, and strengthen literacy practices across the school.

The ideal candidate has strong knowledge of reading development, the Science of Reading, literacy assessment, differentiated instruction, and intervention for students with a wide range of reading needs.

Essential Duties , Responsibilities , and Abilities

Direct Student Support

• Provide targeted reading and literacy intervention for students in grades 6-12.
• Teach scheduled reading intervention classes for students who need support beyond core instruction.
• Provide individual and small-group instruction based on student needs.
• Push into general education classes to provide targeted literacy support when appropriate.
• Support students with foundational reading skills, including phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
• Provide age-appropriate intervention for older struggling readers, including students with significant gaps in foundational reading skills.
• Support students with reading comprehension, written response, academic vocabulary, and accessing grade-level texts.
• Instruction in credit recovery options classes for high school students needing skill remediation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Assessment & Progress Monitoring

• Review universal screening, diagnostic, classroom, and state assessment data f requently to identify student literacy needs.
• Conduct or support additional diagnostic reading assessments when needed.
• Identify specific skill gaps and use data to develop targeted…