Reading Intervention Teacher- Foreign Language Academy

What You'll Be Doing:

• Provides direct instruction to students identified as eligible for reading intervention in individual, and/or small group settings.
• Conducts student assessments to provide targeted interventions.
• Analyze reading miscues to determine scaffolding needs and build a learning progression for student intervention.
• Affixes a schedule for students to have access to the intervention support.
• Establishes clear objectives for all intervention support, and provides written evidence of preparation upon request.
• Regularly creates and conducts formal and informal assessments to monitor student needs, drive instruction, and provide data reports of student performance to required staff members.
• Plans to meet student learning goals, choosing appropriate literacy strategies, resources, manipulatives, and materials to differentiate instruction; developing appropriate sequencing of literacy learning experiences; and allowing multiple ways to demonstrate knowledge and skill in literacy.
• Engages students in understanding and identifying quality work and provides them with effective feedback to improve their work in literacy.
• Recognizes when student misconceptions interfere with fluency and comprehension.
• Creates learning environments in which individual differences are respected and valued.
• Collaborates with families, school teachers and staff, and other professionals to promote student growth and development in literacy.
• Collaborates as a school team and with classroom teachers, giving feedback on researched-based literacy practice, examining student reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills, analyzing data, and making decisions to improve student learning.
• Assists staff members in learning various assessment techniques in literacy.
• Engages in professional learning to enhance his/her knowledge and skill in literacy, contribute to the knowledge and skill of others, and work collaboratively to advance professional practice in literacy.

To Be Successful at This Job, You'll Need To:

• Hold a Missouri Elementary Teacher Certification and/or Reading Certification.
• Minimum of five (5) years of elementary teaching experience.
• Knowledge of the Missouri Learning Standards.
• Knowledge of the five (5) areas of reading instruction.
• Background experience and knowledge in the area of elementary reading instruction.

In Order to #LevelUp in This Role, You'll Need:

• Teaching experience in urban schools.
• Master of Education with Reading Emphasis.
• Experience as a Resource Teacher.
• Experience with curriculum and assessment development.
• Leadership experience.