Position Title:   (RI) Reading Interventionist (6-8)

Department:     Jacksonville Middle School

Reports To:       Building Principal

Contract:           2018-19 School Year (190 days)

Closing:             Until Filled

SUMMARY: The Reading Interventionist (RI) will create, implement, and monitor a variety of reading intervention activities for middle school students who are below grade level or struggling to make adequate academic progress in reading or reading related areas. Students in need of intervention, will be assigned to the reading interventionist class by the building administrators. The RI will also be responsible for providing interventions to students who have been identified as showing markers for dyslexia, maintaining accurate records, meeting with parents, attending RTI meetings, and conducting Level 2 screeners with students. The RI will assist the instructional staff to understand how to best meet the reading and language comprehension learning needs of at-risk students through differentiated instruction and other methods. The RI 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

• Provides intensive reading intervention in phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, comprehension, and fluency 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 specific, measurable, action-oriented, realistic and time-bound.
• Implements the district’s research based dyslexia intervention program for middle school students demonstrating a need for this intense intervention.
• Monitors students who have been dismissed from a dyslexia intervention program and provide recommendations for the teachers through their accommodation plan/504 plan.
• Consults with teachers regarding intervention student and/or dyslexia students’ progress in the general education curriculum, specifically focusing on mastery of essential standards.
• 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.
• Performs other duties as assigned

EDUCATION/LICENSURE/EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Valid Arkansas teaching certificate with required endorsements: Reading Specialist endorsement and dyslexia training/experience are preferred. 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.