Reading Specialist

Reading Specialist (Secondary)

Dinwiddie County Public Schools – Dinwiddie Middle School, Dinwiddie, VA 23841

Job : 5392895

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Re-Posted: May 11, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Aug 6, 2026

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $61,425 to $97,226 Per Year

Job Category: Classroom Teacher >
Reading/Literacy

Reading Specialist

Accepting applications for the  school year.

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Reports To: Building Principal

Supervises: None

Employment

Terms:

10 ½-Month Teacher Position (210 Contracted Days)

Grade: Teacher Scale

Position Summary

Position is responsible for implementing a comprehensive literacy program at the assigned school through coaching, supporting, and guiding teachers in best practices for literacy instruction. The position conducts staff development, models lessons, conducts classroom visitations and provides feedback to teachers and administrators on the school’s literacy program. The position is responsible for analyzing school literacy data and planning for future literacy needs.

The position is responsible for instructing students individually or in groups to enable students to develop literacy skills.

• Coordinates the school’s reading program across disciplines.
• Assists administrators and teachers at the assigned school in the implementation of a comprehensive literacy program.
• Facilitates the school’s literacy team to implement a support framework for student achievement in literacy and to review the reading progress of students.
• Collects and facilitates the review and use of school literacy data to guide instruction and plan for student needs.
• Demonstrates literacy lessons to teachers in classrooms and workshop settings.
• Observes literacy lessons and provides feedback to teachers to improve literacy instruction at the school, including planning for ongoing monitoring and support.
• Provides individual and/or small group instruction to meet the needs of students.
• Interprets the abilities and disabilities of students and works cooperatively with classroom teachers who have these students in classes.
• Assists with screening, evaluating, and recommending interventions for students reading in the lower quartile.
• Completes reports, collects data, and provides information for program monitoring as requested.
• Conferences as requested with parents/guardians regarding the English reading and writing performance of students.
• Participates in writing and monitoring the implementation of the curriculum.
• Participates in the construction and selection of literacy assessments.
• Selects, requisitions, and maintains books, instructional materials, and instructional aids.
• Models non-discriminatory practices in all activities.

• Attends staff development programs, curriculum development meetings, and other professional activities.
• Keeps abreast of developments, research, and new technology in the field.
• Performs any other related duties as assigned by the school principal or other appropriate administrators.

• Must possess a Master’s degree and be eligible for a Virginia Teaching License with an endorsement as a Reading Specialist.
• Must have completed at least three years of successful teaching experience.
• Must possess effective instructional delivery techniques and excellent communication skills.
• Must possess knowledge of the needs of students requiring remedial reading instruction.
• Must possess an in-depth knowledge of instructional best practices and adult learning theory.
• Must possess the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with school colleagues, school administrators, parents and students.

• Requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force.
• Regularly requires speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel and repetitive motions.
• Frequently requires sitting and occasionally requires standing, walking, reaching with hands and arms, bending, lifting, distributing educational materials/items as needed and using technical equipment in area of assignment.
• Standard vision requirements.
• Vocal communication is required for expressing…