Reports to: Special Education Department Head/Principal
SUMMARY: 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 reccomendations.
Qualifications:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Valid Massachusetts Special Education/Moderate Special Needs teaching license required
Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, and/ or LindaMood 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 Page 1 of 3 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.