Reading Specialist-Teacher Position Available In Bristol, Massachusetts

Reading Specialist-Teacher 3.4 3.4 out of 5 stars 2700 Regional Rd, North Dighton, MA 02764 Provide specialized reading instruction to individual students and/or small groups of studentsIdeal candidates will have a master’s degree in education or, preferably, special education.

Training through Orton Gillingham Academy and certification in OG is highly preferred.

Certification in Wilson Level 1 and Wilson Level 2 is highly desirable. Must be able to teach all syllable types and decoding patterns.

Comfort with morphology is ideal.

Candidates must have demonstrated experience teaching structured literacy.

Apply a multisensory, diagnostic, prescriptive approach to customized 1: 1 instruction.

Create focused, data-informed lesson plans specific to individual student’s needs.

Progress monitoring and reporting skills are required.

Must be able to collect, present and discuss progress monitoring data. A solid understanding of language-based learning disabilities is strongly desired.

Familiarity with conducting assessments, helping to determine special education eligibility and writing IEP goals with measurable benchmarks/objectives.

Ability to work independentlyPositive attitude and enthusiasm for supporting students with disabilitiesExcellent verbal and written communication skills.

Appropriately pace a group of students through the curriculum, developing mastery of material taught, designing group lessons that focus on accuracy, automaticity, and fluency of word and text reading.

Identify the characteristics of dyslexia and related language-based learning disabilities.

Use assessments to identify students with word-level deficits who are appropriate for an intensive intervention in a small, homogeneous group setting.

Diagnostically plan and deliver group lessons, while addressing and understanding individual student weaknesses that impact the ability to learn to read and write.

Understand the necessary principles of instruction used to teach students with a language-based learning disability: direct, explicit, systematic, structured, sequential, integrated, multisensory, synthetic, analytical, diagnostic, prescriptive, mastery/automaticity, cumulative, metacognitive, and emotionally sound. Foster a positive instructional climate with clearly established rules and routines.

Effectively demonstrate explicit teaching, modeling, guided practice, appropriate feedback, and consistent review in lessons in the group setting.

Develop lessons to support the progression of comprehension skills, moving a student from foundational and initial phases to secondary and proficient phases.

Understand the role of spelling in writing fluency.

Determine how to ensure students successfully access complex text (both literary and informational text structures).Understand how to select the appropriate text and tasks for students in order to effectively plan for and deliver fluency and comprehension instruction.

Professional and personable demeanor and comfort interacting with parents/caregivers. Schedule is subject to change according to student and staffing needs including assignment at any of the 5 schools. Any other duties assigned by the Principal or Director of Special Education.