Dyslexia Interventionist (2023-2024 SY)

Jacksonville North Pulaski School District

Position Title: Dyslexia Interventionist (2023-2024 SY)

Department: Building Level – High School

Reports To: Building Principal

Contract: 2022-2023 (190 days)

Closing: Until filled

SUMMARY: The Dyslexia Interventionist (DI) will teach Academic Reading, Critical Reading I, and Critical Reading II. The DI will create, implement, and monitor a variety of reading intervention activities for 9th-12th grade students who are below grade level or struggling to make adequate academic progress in reading. The DI will also be responsible for providing interventions to students who have been identifed as showing markers for dyslexia, maintaining accurate records, meeting with parents, attending RTI meetings, and conducting Level 2 screeners with students. The DI will assist the instructional teacher to understand how to best meet the reading and language comprehension learning needs of at-risk students through instruction and other methods. The DI will work with the school and district leadership in identifying and responding to the needs of reading at-risk students using all the resources available to the school.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Teach sections of the following courses: Academic Reading, Critical Reading I, and Critical Reading II
• Provide intensive reading intervention in phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, comprehension, and ?uency for students.
• Plans, designs, and executes small group interventions for individual students that incorporate a wide range of reading instructional procedures and empower students to develop strategic behaviors when reading and writing.
• Develops intervention plans based on data collected, analyzed, and synthesized from careful observation of reading and writing behaviors. Engages in coaching and development tools and strategies that maximize teacher performance and that of their students.
• Provides continuous feedback and evaluation for students based on the development of individualized goals for performance that are speci?c, measurable, action-oriented, realistic and time-bound.
• Implements the district’s research-based dyslexia intervention program for students demonstrating a need for this intense intervention for grades 9-12.
• Monitors students who have been dismissed from a dyslexia intervention program and provides recommendations for the teachers through their accommodation plan/504 plan.
• Consults with teachers regarding dyslexia students’ progress in the general education curriculum.
• Conducts formal and informal reading assessments to monitor students’ progress on a regular basis
• Establishes and maintains professional relationships with principals, teachers, parents, and colleagues
• Attends and provides progress updates for Annual 504 Committee Meetings of dyslexia students
• Serve as an essential member of the Reading Specialist/Dyslexia Interventionist collaborative team
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION/LICENSURE/EXPERIENCE: Required: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Valid Arkansas teaching certificate with one of the following required endorsements: 051 or 287 Reading, 052 or 166 Eng Lang Arts, 298 or 452 Reading Specialist, or 230, 231, or 258 Special Education. Preferred: Reading Specialist endorsement and dyslexia training/experience. Knowledge of curriculum design and implementation, the ability to evaluate instruction programs and teaching effectiveness, ability to develop and deliver training to adult learners, ability to interpret data and strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Successful completion of pre-employment background checks. Appropriate personal and professional conduct at all times around students, other staff members and the general public.

The Jacksonville North Pulaski School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

It is the policy of the Jacksonville North Pulaski School District not to discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin or disability in its educational programs, activities or employment practices.