Reading Specialist - Middle School

Reading Specialist - Middle School

Stoneham Central Middle School - Stoneham, Massachusetts

Job : 5710757

Final date to receive applications: May 26, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Posted: May 13, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Aug 31, 2026

READING SPECIALIST 5-12 (2 positions available)

POSITION DESCRIPTION

POSITION: Reading Specialist 5-12

REPORTS TO: Building Principals

The major role of this Reading Specialist is to provide a comprehensive reading approach to secondary special education students with reading difficulties.

• Provide a scientifically researched based reading program or system (such as Wilson Reading or Orton Gillingham) to students with reading disabilities.
• Administer and analyze assessment results and use the data to plan appropriate instruction for individual or small groups of students.
• Implement reading interventions with fidelity for special education students.
• Regularly communicate student progress to teachers and families.
• Consult with teachers, Special Education Coordinators, administrators, and parents concerning reading issues and ideas.
• Maintain frequent progress monitoring of student work and share results with families and stakeholders.
• Provide support to families, so they can support their child’s development in literacy.
• Meet in regularly scheduled meetings with the Special Education Coordinator, building leaders, and/or other reading teachers.

Perform such other duties and assume such other responsibilities as the Principal or designee assigns.

• Current DESE licensure as either Reading Specialist (all levels), Special Education Teacher (5-12), or English (5-12).
• Certification in reading intervention systems such as Wilson Reading or Orton Gillingham.
• Experience with progress monitoring and report writing.
• Experience in conducting comprehensive reading evaluations and assessments.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong fundamental knowledge of how students learn to read and comprehend at the secondary level.
• Ability to collect, analyze and synthesize assessment data.
• Efficient and effective use of technology for work processing and data analysis.

Stoneham Public Schools
- Stoneham Educators Association Salary Schedule

Effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027

• Step 1: $62,751.00 – $65,132.00
• Step 2: $64,971.00 – $67,337.00
• Step 3: $67,937.00 – $70,302.00
• Step 4: $70,908.00 – $73,275.00
• Step 5: $73,855.00 – $76,224.00
• Step 6: $76,814.00 – $79,179.00
• Step 7: $80,513.00 – $82,881.00
• Step 8: $84,221.00 – $86,592.00
• Step 9: $88,667.00 – $91,033.00
• Step 10: $95,064.00 – $97,843.00
• Step 12: $ – $

Position Type: Full-Time

Classroom Teacher >
Reading/Literacy

• Ruth Cronin
• 149 Franklin Street
• Stoneham, Massachusetts 02180
• Phone:
• Email: rcronin