Middle School - Reading Interventionist (2026-2027 Opportunity)
Responsibilities
Leading Small-Group Instruction
Provide consistent, prescriptive small-group instruction to middle/high school students requiring intervention in the area of foundational reading skills.
Internalize and plan for each lesson to ensure individualization for students and the incorporation of all the instruction and culture aspects to ensure fidelity of implementation, leading to student gains and success.
Teach using LEAD Public Schools’ selected research-based high-quality reading intervention curriculum(s).
Utilize behavior management strategies and teacher moves to intentionally support middle/high school students in actively engaging in foundational reading instruction.
Administration and Analysis of Screening and Progress-Monitoring
Regularly assess and progress monitor student growth and academic gaps using LEAD’s selected research-based progress monitoring platform.
Lead individual data analysis of every student in your intervention classes to identify individual student needs and drive student reading growth.
Communicate student progress to families and staff members.
Eager to (continue to) learn the Science of Reading and how to teach foundational reading skills to middle/high school students
Collaborate with other reading interventionists at your campus and across the LEAD network of schools in Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
Implement what you’ve learned through coaching, professional development, and PLCs to positively impact student outcomes
Requirements
(certified)
Current certification or ability to be certified in Tennessee
2-3 years of experience working with children/young adults in a professional or volunteer setting
Experience teaching reading, ExEd (Special Ed), English Learners (EL/ELL), ELA or elementary self-contained with a general knowledge of foundational reading preferred
A results-oriented history of personal achievement
A belief that all students, regardless of background and current ability, can succeed in high school, college, and life
A passion to work relentlessly within a team to help close the achievement and opportunity gap
A data-driven mindset
(uncertified)
Hold an associate’s or bachelor’s degree in any area
2-3 years of experience working with children/young adults in a professional or volunteer setting
Experience being coached or managed in a way that led to improvement on the job or at a specific skill
A results-oriented history of personal achievement
A belief that all students, regardless of background and current ability, can succeed in high school, college, and life
A passion to work relentlessly within a team to help close the achievement and opportunity gap
An interest in/willingness to utilize data to help you improve your craft and best support student growth and achievement
The discipline to self-reflect and the hunger to continuously improve and a willingness to grow and develop as a teacher through observations, feedback, and coaching conversations
Pay
TBD
Schedule
TBD