The Amherst Public School District is currently seeking candidates for an opening for a Reading Specialist Teacher at Wildwood Elementary to support the literacy development of the Wildwood K-6 community. This is a full-time, school-year position. 

 

Reading Specialists are building-based positions that will support  the following:

• 50% of the schedule to support Tier 1 curriculum implementation 
• 50% of the schedule to support the coordination, planning and delivery of reading intervention services.  Service delivery may be pull out or inclusion based depending on the level of need at a specific grade level.  

The Reading Specialist will provide coaching to Tier 1 instructors and direct reading intervention services using evidence-based programs. They will support efforts to make decisions based on data and research-based early literacy practices. At Child Study Team meetings the Reading Specialist will serve as resources for teachers as to how the classroom teacher can provide Tier I/Tier 2 reading intervention in the classroom.

 

Preferred Qualifications:  

Job Requirements: Applicants must hold a valid Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education license as a PreK-2, K-6 teacher, and/or Reading Specialist. 

Bi-cultural applicants are strongly encouraged to apply. 

 

Duties:

Stay current with best practice and manage the collection, organization, and sharing of student literacy data for the purpose of informing and improving instruction

Coordinates and provides reading intervention services to students

Oversees the monitoring of student progress for students receiving reading intervention services

Support School wide assessments

Utilizes data and knowledge of research-based literacy practices in decision making

At Child Study Team (CST) meetings, serves as a resource for teachers as to how the classroom teacher can provide Tier I reading intervention in the classroom