Reading Specialist K-5; SY

Who We Are

Since its founding in 2010, Challenge Preparatory Charter School (Challenge Prep) has provided students and families with a successful academic program in Far Rockaway, Queens. We currently serve over 1200 scholars from Kindergarten to 12th grade across 3 sites. Our school’s mission is to prepare students from the greater Far Rockaway community to excel academically, to demonstrate mastery of the NY State Learning Standards,and to achieve their career aspirations.

Challenge cultivates and supports the intellectual, aesthetic, social, emotional,and ethical development of its students and prepares them to be responsible 21st century citizens. To accomplish its mission, Challenge offers a rigorous instructional program in a safe, supportive, technology-infused and data-enriched and social-emotional learning sequence, authentic field experiences, career counseling, and college coursework. It is understood that we are one organization with multiple sites, and it is expected that all members of the team collaborate to support all of our scholars.

Every member of the Instructional Team at Challenge Preparatory Charter School plays a critical role in ensuring our students have the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose - college, career, and beyond. Our educators are passionate advocates for their students and their families, working tirelessly to ensure that our students have access to opportunities. We are especially committed to attracting and developing individuals who share the life experiences of our students because we believe the best work we do is grounded in the realities and experiences of our families and students.

As Reading Specialist Teacher, you will deliver exceptional small group instruction and assess scholar growth. You are dedicated to constant learning and proactively provide academic and cultural support to your school and team. This position reports to the principal.

• The staff of CPCS is committed to teaching students the values of scholarship, respect, honesty, courage, and balance in a collaborative technology-infused, inclusive family-like environment. Teachers assist all scholars in their content area classes so they may reach their full potential by focusing on their individual aspirations and strengths. Planning for students of all ability levels, including English Language Learners and students with disabilities is expected so that these students may achieve academic mastery.
  
  Additionally, the school will offer opportunities for teachers to participate in the following:
• Coordinate and facilitate school-wide literacy program
• Provide support to teachers and provide strategies to improve instruction that will support literacy growth across the curriculum
• Assists struggling students to improve their literacy skills
• Collaborates with teachers in all departments to promote the learning and implementation of best practices in literacy instruction
• Creates and examines data to measure the success of literacy programs and instruction
• Teach targeted literacy intervention to small groups of students daily using research-based strategies and resources
• Conduct individual and school wide assessments in order to evaluate levels and targeted interventions using diagnostic tools
• Review student achievement and assist with placing students in appropriate reading and writing intervention and support services
• Meet regularly with the classroom teachers to plan literacy instruction that correlates with the individual student’s needs or as requested by the classroom teacher
• Maintain accurate records of student interventions and communicate to parents and families
• Knowledge of the science of reading research and implementation
• Knowledge of effective…