About this role
Title: Reading Specialist
Available: January 5, 2027
Salary Range: $60,253 - $113,226 pro-rated
RESPONSIBILITIES
Teach students critical literacy skills and strategies to promote achievement.
Provide individualized and small group literacy instruction to identified students
Collaborate and communicate with the students' teachers to align instruction and support their classroom instructional needs (instruction, vocabulary, reading and writing support)
Collaborate and communicate with the school's Humanities Supervisor and administration to ensure students receive language support and other forms of academic assistance.
Deliver push-in/pull-out lessons to students with varying levels of proficiency.
Assist with the oversight and delivery of specific screening and progress monitoring administration.
Deliver appropriate lessons for varying levels of literacy.
Demonstrate cultural proficiency and use effective and culturally relevant instructional practices.
Integrate technology into the classroom as an instructional tool.
Assist classroom teachers in the lesson design and intervention whenever appropriate
REQUIREMENTS
Familiar with the Science of Reading
Set ambitious learning goals for all students, creates cognitively demanding tasks, and models the belief that that all students can master challenging material through effective effort
Assess students' understanding regularly with ambitious learning goals in mind and takes ownership of making necessary adjustments to instruction to reach goals
Demonstrate mastery of and enthusiasm for literacy and the pedagogy it requires
Demonstrate understanding for how the subject matter applies in real-world settings and connects to other content areas and relevant standards
Convey content in creative and engaging ways that align to standards
Scaffold and differentiate instruction in order for all students to do complex thinking and rigorous academic work
Use instructional practices that are likely to challenge, motivate, and engage all students and facilitate equitable, active student participation
Build a productive learning environment where every student participates and is valued as part of the class community
Actively create and maintains an environment in which students' diverse backgrounds, identities, strengths, and challenges are respected
Engage with families and builds collaborative, respectful relationships with them in service of student learning
Regularly reflect on practice, seeks and responds to feedback, and demonstrates self-awareness and commitment to continuous learning and development
Seek to participate in and contribute to a collaborative adult learning community.
QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED
Education: Hold a current, valid Bachelor's degree, Master's degree preferred
Massachusetts Educator License required - Reading Specialists certification preferred
Ability to meet the Standards of Effective Teaching established by the Methuen Public Schools.
Current authorization to work in the United States - Candidates must have such authorization by their first day of employment.
Attend district and state-sponsored professional development opportunities sufficient to stay current with changes in instruction and improvements in teaching strategies.
Able to model excellent spoken and written English for students learning English in school.
Experience teaching in an urban setting.
MPS values linguistic diversity and believes that candidates who speak another language bring added value to the classroom, school, and district culture and diversity. MPS is particularly interested in candidates who are fluent in one of MPS highest incident languages: Spanish, Creole (Haitian), Vietnamese and Portuguese
REPORTS TO
Building Principal (and/or Director, if any). The performance of this job will be evaluated as per the Methuen Education Association (Unit A) Contract.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
Covered under Methuen Education Association (Unit A) Contract.
Please note that the District reserves the right to transfer all personnel among buildings on an as needed basis to serve the best interests of all students as long as this does not conflict with the Methuen Education Association (Unit A) Contract.