Reading Teacher K-3

Position Type:

K-12

Date Posted:

5/10/2024

Location:

Brookside School

Date Available:

09/01/2024

Closing Date:

Until Filled

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Job Title: Reading Teacher K-3 Job Category: Exempt Department/Group: Job Description Job Summary: Under the direction of the principal, the responsibilities of the reading teacher is for providing direct instruction to students, individually or in small groups, to enable students to develop literacy skills. As a literacy leader, the incumbent will provide coaching, support, and guidance to teachers in best practices for literacy instruction.

Minimum Qualifications:

• NYSD Certification in Reading

Primary Activities

• Coordinate and facilitate the school's literacy intervention program.

• Collaborate with teachers individually to identify the literacy needs of students, to set learning goals and targets, and to problem solve with teachers to develop best practices for continuous academic growth of students in literacy.

• Assist teachers with the collection of data, analysis of data results and supports the sharing of findings with all staff.

• Review student achievement and assist with placing students in appropriate reading and writing intervention and support services.

• Teach targeted literacy intervention to small groups of students daily using research-based strategies and resources.

• Assist students using software and materials related to literacy programs.

• Meet regularly with the classroom teacher to plan literacy instruction that correlates with the individual student's needs or as requested by the classroom teacher.

• Maintain and submit accurate and up-to-date management records of all students' progress.

• Other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee:

• is regularly required to stand, walk, and sit.

• Is regularly required to climb, squat, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and to reach above the head and reach forward.

• Is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls and to talk and hear.

• Occasionally required to lift and/or push up to 50 pounds.

• Must have specific vision abilities for close vision, distance vision, depth perception and tell the difference between colors

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment is typical for a school environment.

• Work generally performed indoors with limited outside supervision of students.

Salary Range

$61,804 - $132,929 (2024/2025) Last Updated By: Sheila McGuinness Date/Time: September 2023