Reading Specialist- High School

Reading Specialist

The Reading Specialist provides direct reading service to students with reading disabilities, including students with language-based learning disabilities, to develop strong reading & writing skills in accordance with IEP goal areas and benchmarks. This specialist also engages in the special education process including IEP meetings and service recommendations.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Valid Massachusetts Special Education/Moderate Special Needs teaching license required
• Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, and/ or Linda Mood Bell Certification required
• Reading Specialist license preferred
• Masters Degree
• Experience teaching and assessing reading skills
• Ability to handle multitude of varying and complex literacy issues
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Computer experience

Desired

Qualifications:

• Familiarity and experience with various encoding and decoding literacy instructional methodologies
• Familiarity with language-based instructional methodologies
• Familiarity and experience with the administration of reading assessments, analysis of data from assessments, and ability to write comprehensive educational evaluation reports from assessment data
• Familiarity with progress monitoring methods and utilization of data to drive intervention
• Familiarity and experience with individual and small group instruction & intervention in reading and writing

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities (Not Limited To):

• Provide direct instruction and intervention to struggling readers for encoding/decoding, reading comprehension and reading fluency
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively with other professionals and service providers in planning instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners
• Comprehensive knowledge of reading and language-based disabilities and evidenced-based interventions for supporting students with varying reading and language-based disabilities
• Knowledge of specialized instructional techniques for supporting the written expression work of struggling readers
• Provide and support formal and informal literacy assessment and data analysis for progress monitoring and reporting purposes
• Ability to provide case management to students on caseload including running team meetings and developing individualized educational programs
• Consistent, reliable and punctual attendance is essential for supervision and instruction of the students
• Responsible for implementing "other job related duties" as needed

Work Environment &

Physical Requirements:

Work Environment:
Majority of work is performed in a school/classroom hyflex environment in which students participate both in-person and virtually; the Special Education Teacher (for Reading Services) role is in-person. The noise level in the environment is usually moderate. Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function. Rarely absent or late unless the situation is of an emergency nature.

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the teacher is frequently required to kneel, stoop, bend, and crouch. The teacher is periodically required to stand; while talking and listening. The teacher is occasionally required to sit; walk; lift; or carry. Regularly required to lift and/or move objects weighing up to 25 pounds.