Title 1 Reading Specialist-Temporary-Part Time-20 or Less Hours Weekly-Available 08/18/2023

Title-Title 1 Reading Specialist

Reports to: Principal

Terms of Employment:10 Months

Salary: Pay Grade Miniumum Salary $20.00 Hourly

GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB

The goal of the Title I Reading program is to accelerate the learning of students in reading by providing intensive intervention and classroom support. Students served must attend the Title I school for which the specialist is assigned.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

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  Provides an additional layer of intense, explicit, and differentiated instruction for
• Organizes, plans, and sets instructional goals that meet the needs of the individual student and group using a variety of data
• Works collaboratively with school personnel to create a professional learning community, develop goals and strategies in the school improvement plan that enhances student learning and teacher working
• Collaborates with School wide Team to determine a systematic process for identifying students at risk of failure in
• Collaborates with administration and classroom teachers to finalize selection/grouping of students receiving intervention
• Collaborates with classroom teachers to develop intervention goals and strategies based on the

MTSS protocol; documents meetings and conversations.

• Contributes to assessment wall/data conversations and PLC’s using current student
• Serves as an academic resource for teachers and parents at school and facilitates reading training for professional staff throughout the school year under the direction of the
• Participates in the implementation of initiatives to improve the education of students within the
• Supports and implements ESSA requirements and services associated with the Title I
• Demonstrates high ethical principles including honesty, integrity, fair treatment, and respect for
• Establishes an environment for a diverse population of students that is inviting, respectful, supportive, inclusive, and
• Evaluates and analyzes student progress using diagnostic information obtained from running records and other assessment procedures to plan and make adjustments to daily instruction using research- based interventions to meet the needs of different
• Holds parent conferences to explain the intervention program and to assist with sponsoring family training
• Communicates with parents through conferences, monthly newsletters, progress reports, and phone calls (including written positive communication and student instructional progress).
• Incorporates 21st century life skills into instruction deliberately, strategically, and broadly that include leadership, ethics, accountability, adaptability, personal productivity, personal responsibility, people skills, self-direction, and social
• Uses a wide range of standards-based instructional practices, approaches, methods, and curriculum materials to support reading
• Integrates and utilizes technology in instruction and data management, when appropriate, to maximize student
• Assists students in developing critical-thinking, cooperative, leadership, and problem-solving
• Provides students with specific feedback of a positive nature and sustaining feedback by prompting, modeling, or using language that is explicit and
• Maintains ongoing documentation of students receiving intervention services using multiple indicators, including formative and summative assessments, to evaluate student progress and growth to eliminate achievement
• Continually participates in continued, rigorous professional development, keeps abreast of current research, including 21stskills and knowledge, to develop expertise in the area of reading intervention, and demonstrates evidence of implementation and growth based on personal professional and student
• Adheres to established laws, policies, rules and
• Carries out non-instructional duties as assigned and/or as need is perceived, not to exceed responsibilities assigned to other teachers in the school.

MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Valid N.C. teaching certificate with appropriate grade level certification (full-time and part-time)

N.C. Reading License (full-time only)

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Must be able to physically perform the basic life operational functions of fingering, grasping, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions. Must be able to perform sedentary work exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. Some positions assigned to this class may require light work exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

DISCLAIMER

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted

as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.

Updated 05/08/2019