Reading Teacher - K-3, Probationary (Brookside)

Under the direction of the principal, the reading teacher provides direct instruction to students, individually or in small groups, to develop literacy skills. As a literacy leader, the incumbent also provides coaching, support, and guidance to teachers in best practices for literacy instruction.

Responsibilities

• Deliver explicit, systematic reading instruction based on the Science of Reading to small groups or individuals, focusing on phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
• Administer literacy screenings and diagnostic assessments (e.g., DIBELS, PSI, PASI) to identify at-risk students and monitor progress.
• Partner with K–3 classroom teachers to integrate research-based reading strategies into the general curriculum and model best practices in "push-in" or "pull-out" settings.
• Develop and implement individualized reading plans for students who require Tier 2 or Tier 3 support within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) or Response to Intervention (RTI) framework.
• Review student achievement and assist with placing students in appropriate reading and writing intervention and support services.
• Collaborate with teachers to identify the literacy needs of students, set learning goals and targets, and problem-solve to develop best practices for continuous academic growth in literacy.
• Assist teachers with the collection and analysis of data results and support the sharing of findings with all staff.
• Communicate regularly with parents regarding student progress and provide strategies for supporting literacy development at home.
• Lead or participate in school-wide literacy initiatives, professional development workshops, and data-review meetings (e.g., Child Study, MTSS, and/or IEP meetings).
• Deliver small-group or one-on-one interventions focused on spelling patterns, orthographic mapping, and phoneme-grapheme correspondences (connecting sounds to letters).
• Provide interventions that target sentence construction, sentence expansion, and paragraph development, including the use of sentence frames and starters.
• Implement kinesthetic techniques for letter formation, air writing, and tactile spelling to aid memory.
• Use written response to reading (e.g., retelling, summarizing, visualizing) to build reading comprehension.
• Maintain and submit accurate and up-to-date management records of all students' progress.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• NYSD Certification in Literacy/Reading

Work Environment

The noise level in the work environment is typical for a school setting. Work is generally performed indoors with limited outside supervision of students.

Pay

$62,306–135,587 (2025/2026 school year; 2026/2027 salary to be determined)