About this role
Job Title
Literacy Support Assistant/ Early Intervention Reading Initiative Tutor
Contract Length
$25 hourly - Licensed or Retired Teachers
$18.75 hourly - Bachelor's Degree in Another Field
$15.00 hourly - High School Diploma or Associate's Degree
FLSA Status
Non-Exempt / Part-Time
Job Summary
The position is responsible for assisting the teaching staff with the school's literacy program and helping classroom teachers in their instructional efforts. The tutor works under the supervision of a certified Reading Specialist.
Essential Duties
In order to perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the duties herein described.
- Discusses the assigned teaching area with the Reading Specialist and classroom teacher in order to coordinate instructional efforts.
- Prepares lesson outline and plan in assigned areas and submits outline to the Reading Specialist for review.
- Plans, prepares, and develops various teaching aids such as hands-on manipulatives, reading materials, and writing materials.
- Presents subject matter to students, utilizing a variety of methods and techniques for guided reading and guided writing.
- Maintains data on students and communicates this data to the classroom teacher.
- Attends training workshops.
- Assists students, individually or in groups, with lesson assignments to present or reinforce learning concepts by: reading to children; modeling strategies for reading and writing; writing the dictation given by young children; and helping children locate and use materials; encouraging safety habits in work and play; encouraging children to work independently; and listening to children.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
(Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities Required)
- High School Diploma required.
- Advanced degree preferred.
- Demonstrate basic reading, writing, and computational skills.
- Have previous experience working with groups of children.
- Have good physical and emotional health.
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. The individual must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone and enter data into a computer; see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors, and on the telephone; speak clearly in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone; lift up to 25 pounds; and bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk, and reach overhead.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Clearance
Criminal History Background Check, Fingerprinting, Tuberculosis (TB) Assessment
Supervision Exercised
None
Supervision Received
Principal and Teacher
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the principal or appropriate administrator. Accomack County Public Schools reserves the right to update, revise, or change this job description and related duties at any time.
Accomack County Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, military status, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy status, political affiliation, creed, marital status, age, or disability in its programs, activities, or employment practices as required by the Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, Section 504, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations.