About this role
Classification: Certified Location: Assigned School Reports to: Associate Superintendent FLSA Status: Exempt Bargaining Unit: Teacher (178 days 7.0 hours per day) Salary from $55,000 subjecto to education and experience verifications. Position Summary: The Title I Reading Interventionist is responsible for carrying out the duties of a Reading Interventionist. Primary responsibility shall include student safety and appropriate collaboration and attention to each student's readiness to learn including needed guidance, discipline, and welfare. Supervision: The Reading Interventionist works with a high level of independence and professional discretion under the general supervision of a designated school administrator. The Reading Interventionist work is governed, controlled, and evaluated by acceptable professional practice, school and district policies and regulations. Duties and Responsibilities: (depending on specific assignment, duties and responsibilities listed may include, but are not limited to the following)
• Communicate Effectively and Professionally with staff from K to Grade 5
• Coordinate efforts to support literacy with students in grades K to Grade 5.
• Work under the direct supervision of the Building Principal and indirect supervision of the Program Coordinator
• Maintain a lab environment that is conducive to effective learning.
• Provide instrucftion, modeling, and coaching in structured literacy to teachers in grades K-5.
• Carry out the following designated duties as assigned by the Program Coordinator:
• Make certain student records are accurate and up to date.
• Prepare required reports.
• Order instructional materials.
• Supervise students and instructional assistants (if applicable) assigned to the labs.
• Make certain that the goals and objectives of the program are being met.
• Implement district determined reading program with fidelity.
• Assure an open line of communication between Reading Intervention classroom and content area classes.
• Attending programmatic meetings.
• Attending all workshops and in-services as directed by the Program Coordinator.
• Provide in-service training to teaching staff and parents as needed.
• Maintain and update all required documentation for the program and Title I grant requirements.
• Ensure that gains (as per program objectives) are maintained.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Valid State of New Mexico Teaching License
• Degree in Language Arts, or related subject areas in appropriate level (elementary or secondary)
• Must meet all requirements as set by the State of New Mexico Public Education Department.
• Level III Licensure with Reading Endorsement preferred.
• Must be receptive to the following philosophies of the program:
• Diagnostic-Prescriptive Approach to Language Arts-Reading from the designated district program and other programs as determined with consultation from Program Coordinator
• Individualization of Instruction
• Ensuring of success for all students
• Self-pacing of students
• Non-threatening instruction
• Positive reinforcement
• The use of computers as a tool for skills acquisition
• Be sensitive to all students' needs.
• Must be adaptable to culturally diverse situations and be knowledgeable about the local cultures.
• Must comply with health regulations as mandated by the State of New Mexico
• Must always be able to establish and maintain good rapport with Program Coordinator, Principal, Parents, and Students and Instructional Assistants (if any) under his/her supervision.
• Bilingual preferred
• Must be able to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
• Must be able to effectively present information and respond to questions, students, and parents.
• Must be able to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Must be able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Must be able to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Must be able to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional program.
• Must be able to plan and implement lessons abased on division and school objectives and the needs and abilities of students to whom assigned.
• Must be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, peers, parents, and community.
• Must be able to speak clearly and concisely in written or oral communication.
• English/Spanish Preferred
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operation and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine and complex reports and correspondence.
• Self-Discipline
• Displays Initiative to complete Day to Day tasks.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule.
Physical and Environmental Requirements of the Position:
• The physical demand and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The employee must lift and/or move 25 to 50 pounds, and may assist, move, or restrain students with greater weight when required to intervene in student safety issues.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, lift, carry, move about, hear, and speak. Employees may require extensive work at a computer display terminal.
• May be required to break up fights.
• While performing the duties of this job, the teacher may occasionally work in outside weather conditions and be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, temperature fluctuations, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals commonly used in instruction and/or cleaning. It may be expected that the individual could be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials during their duties. The employee may be exposed to infectious disease as carried by students.
• The employee may be required to travel in school owned or leased vehicles while supervising and assisting students.
The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.