Title One Reading Specialist

Title One Reading Specialist

Burke County Schools Mountain View Elementary School - Morganton, North Carolina.

Contact Person:
Christie Mc Mahon

Phone:  | Email: cmcmahon.nc.us

Job : 5838025

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Jul 16, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Aug 17, 2026

Purpose Statement

The job of Title One School Reading Specialist is to improve students’ reading capacity by providing high-quality instructional interventions and opportunities for core skill reading practice in a regular classroom setting.

Essential Functions

• Adapt classroom activities, assignments, and/or materials to students’ reading ability to support and reinforce classroom objectives.
• Advise parents and/or legal guardians of student progress for the purpose of communicating expectations, students’ achievements, developing methods for improvement, and/or reinforcing classroom goals in the home environment.
• Assess student progress towards objectives, expectations, skills, standards, and/or goals for the purpose of providing feedback to students, parents, and administration.
• Assist students, individually or in small groups, with lesson assignments for the purpose of practicing and/or reinforcing learning concepts and assisting students in reaching academic goals and grade level standards.
• Collaborates with instructional staff, other school personnel, parents, and a variety of community resources to improve the overall quality of student outcomes and achieve established classroom objectives in support of the school improvement plan.
• Delivers intervention programs and monitors student learning towards established learning targets for the purpose of improving student learning outcomes.
• Maintains classroom equipment, work area, and manual and electronic files and records for the purpose of ensuring availability of items; providing written reference; providing a safe learning environment; and/or meeting mandated requirements.
• Manages student behavior to provide a safe, optimal learning environment.
• Monitors individual and/or groups of students in a variety of settings (e.g., restrooms, playgrounds, hallways, bus loading zones, cafeteria, parking lots, etc.) for the purpose of maintaining a safe and positive learning environment.
• Participates in meetings and professional development presentations for the purpose of acquiring and/or conveying information relative to job functions.
• Research resources and methods (e.g., intervention and instructional techniques, assessment tools and methods, community resources, etc.) for the purpose of determining an appropriate instructional approach for students.
• Responds to and reports situations for the purpose of resolving immediate safety concerns and/or directing to appropriate personnel for resolution.
• Utilizes data to design and implement learning plans for the purpose of addressing student deficits.

Position Type: Full-Time

Job Categories: Classroom Teacher >
Reading/Literacy

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

• Christie McMahon, Principal
• Mountain View Elementary School
• Phone:
• Email: cmcmahon.nc.us