Dyslexia Specialist

Rio Vista Independent School District Rio Vista Elementary School - Rio Vista, Texas. Open in Google Maps

• Job : 5668667
• Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
• Posted: Apr 24, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date: Aug 3, 2026

Rio Vista Independent School District

Dyslexia Specialist

Rio Vista Elementary

25/26 Compensation Plan

25/26 & 26/27 School District Calendars

Primary

Purpose:

Provide support to students, parents, teachers, counselors, and administrators in the identification, evaluation, and development of individualized plans designed to support students in need of intervention. Provide students identified with dyslexia and related learning difficulties with an individualized, intensive, multisensory, phonetic instructional program that includes a variety of writing, spelling, and reading components. Ensure students have the opportunity to make significant gains in reading and develop the competencies and skills necessary to function successfully in society.

• Education/Certification:
  • Master’s degree from accredited university
  • Valid Texas teaching certificate with required endorsements for subject assigned
  • MTA or Reading by Design Certification
• Special Knowledge/
  
  Skills:
  
  
  • Knowledge of state and federal laws for educating students with disabilities
  • Knowledge of Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) Committee process and Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goal setting process and implementation
  • Ability to communicate effectively with parents and staff
  • Ability to implement policies and procedures
  • Ability to interpret data
  • Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Experience:
  • 5 years of experience teaching or providing counseling services to children with special needs
  • 2 years of experience in an administrative or leadership role within a school setting preferred
  • Preferred experiences in administering the following:
    • Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing-Second Edition (CTOPP-2) including the Phonological Awareness and Rapid Symbolic Naming composites
    • Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests Third Edition (WRMT-III)
    • Gray Oral Reading Tests – Fifth Edition (GORT-5)
    • Test of Written Spelling – Fifth Edition (TWS-5)

• Consult with and assist campus-based administrators, professionals, teachers, and parents to meet the educational needs of students eligible for dyslexia.
• Assist campus teams in writing IEP plans that allow student access to the full range of educational and co-curricular opportunities that are available to all other eligible students in the district. Evaluate the necessity for specific accommodations.
• The Dyslexia evaluator collaborates closely with the Educational Diagnostician to determine whether a student meets eligibility criteria for a Specific Learning Disability (SLD) in the area of dyslexia. Dyslexia Evaluator assesses specific areas related to phonological processing and reading.
• Following the evaluation, the Dyslexia Evaluator completes the Dyslexia Profile and prepares a written narrative report, which is incorporated into the Full and Individual Evaluation (FIE) report compiled by the Educational Diagnostician.

• Collaborate with students, parents, and other members of staff to develop an IEP through the ARD Committee process for each student assigned.
• Implement an instructional, therapeutic, or skill development program for assigned students and show written evidence of preparation as required. Prepare lessons that reflect accommodations for individual student differences.
• Plan and use appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, equipment, and technology that reflect understanding of the learning styles and needs of students assigned and present subject matter according to guidelines established by the Texas Education Agency, board policies, and administrative regulations.
• Work with other members of staff to determine instructional goals, objectives, and methods according to district requirements.
• Participate in ARD Committee and 504 planning meetings on a regular basis.
• Participate in selection of books,…