Reading Specialist; Grades K-2

Reading Specialist (Grades K-2)

Lunenburg Public Schools Lunenburg Primary School - Lunenburg, Massachusetts Open in Google Maps

Job : 5836866

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Jul 16, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

Position Summary

Lunenburg Public Schools seeks an exceptional Reading Specialist to join our dedicated K-2 team at Lunenburg Primary School. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a district that has made early literacy a top priority and is deeply committed to ensuring that every child becomes a successful reader.

Lunenburg Public Schools utilizes mCLASS DIBELS 8th Edition as its universal literacy screener and progress-monitoring system and HMH Into Reading Version 3 as its core literacy program. As a district, we are committed to implementing only evidence-based literacy practices aligned with peer-reviewed research, the Science of Reading, and Massachusetts literacy guidance.

The successful candidate will play a key role in advancing the district's vision for literacy excellence by providing direct intervention services, supporting data-based decision making, and helping to build coherent systems of support for students and staff.

• Strong district commitment to early literacy and evidence-based instruction.
• District leadership that values and invests in the Science of Reading.
• Collaborative and supportive school culture focused on continuous improvement.
• Opportunity to make a significant impact on student outcomes during the most critical years of reading development.
• Ongoing professional learning and collaboration centered on literacy best practices.

• Increase the percentage of students meeting or exceeding benchmark expectations in reading.
• Ensure early identification and intervention for students at risk for reading difficulties.
• Deliver explicit, systematic, cumulative, and diagnostic literacy instruction.
• Support the implementation of high-quality foundational literacy practices across all K-2 classrooms.

• Provide direct literacy intervention services to students in grades K-2.
• Deliver evidence-based instruction in phonological awareness, phonics, decoding, encoding, fluency, vocabulary, oral language, and comprehension.
• Analyze universal screening, diagnostic, and progress-monitoring data to identify student needs, develop intervention plans, monitor growth, and adjust instruction accordingly.
• Participate in MTSS and problem-solving meetings and collaborate with classroom teachers, special educators, and administrators.
• Assist in coordinating and monitoring high-dosage tutoring services provided through approved third-party vendors.
• Monitor the effectiveness of interventions and tutoring services and communicate student progress to relevant stakeholders.
• Support teachers in implementing evidence-based literacy practices aligned with district expectations.
• Maintain accurate records and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.

• Massachusetts DESE Reading Specialist License required.
• Massachusetts teaching license and prior teaching experience required.
• SEI Endorsement required or ability to obtain in accordance with Massachusetts regulations.
• Minimum of three years of successful teaching and/or literacy intervention experience preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise in the Science of Reading, structured literacy, and evidence-based intervention practices.
• Experience administering, interpreting, and utilizing literacy assessment data, including mCLASS DIBELS.
• Strong knowledge of MTSS, progress monitoring, and data-based decision making.
• Training and/or experience in LETRS, CORE, Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, or similar structured literacy approaches preferred.

The ideal candidate is a passionate literacy leader who believes that all children can learn to read and is committed to using evidence-based practices to ensure student success. The candidate should be collaborative, data-driven, innovative, and eager to help build and sustain a strong early literacy system that changes outcomes for children.

Position Type: Full-time

Job Categories: Classroom Teacher >
Reading/Literacy

• At least 3 year(s) of relevant experience preferred.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

• Carla Squier , Principal
• 1401 Massachusetts Avenue
• Lunenburg, Massachusetts 01462
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