Employment
Reading Intervention Specialist
OUR MISSION
Our School, founded on Jewish values, is about who our children can become and how they can help others become who they might be. Because the world our children will create tomorrow is born in the School we build today, our mission is to educate our children so they can surpass us.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Reading Intervention Specialist utilizes research-based programs to deliver targeted reading, math, and writing intervention to students in a small class setting. The Reading Intervention Specialist guides students in developing compensatory strategies, including proficiency in assistive technology. The Reading Intervention Specialist provides support to students in developing executive functioning skills. The Reading Intervention Specialist collaborates closely with teachers to scaffold and differentiate the curriculum. The Reading Intervention Specialist reviews student assessment results, monitors progress, and adapts instruction accordingly. The Reading Intervention Specialist collaborates closely with teachers, administrators, and student service specialists, including literacy specialists, academic support directors, and counselors. The Intervention Specialist reports directly to the Head of Student Services.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Utilizes research-based programs to deliver targeted reading, math, and writing intervention to students in a small class setting.
- Instructs students in developing proficiency in assistive technology
- Collaborates with teachers, Academic Support Services, and the Director of Literacy to develop scaffolded differentiated classroom instruction.
- Provides instruction and guidance to build students’ executive function skills, including time management, organization, planning and prioritizing, study skills, goal-setting, metacognition, self-regulation, and test-taking skills.
- Assists in developing teacher and parent training and workshops.
- Monitors student progress and develops support plans
- Builds supportive, trusting relationships with students and families.
- Works in partnership with the Head of Student Services to interpret and implement accommodations as recommended in psychological and educational testing reports.
- Maintains clear and ongoing professional communication with parents and students.
- Engage with students outside the classroom through designated office hours, extracurricular activities, clubs, and school-wide programming.
- Pursues ongoing professional development
- Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Strong sense of commitment to the Milken Community School Mission.
- Masters Degree in Special Education, Educational Therapy or a closely related field, and a minimum of five years of classroom teaching experience.
- Highly knowledgeable of child development with an expertise in needs unique to middle school-age students.
- Training in reading and writing intervention programs such as Lindamood Bell Reading Systems, Orton Gillingham, Jane Schaffer Writing Systems and Writing Revolution..
- Highly knowledgeable in best practices of curriculum development, instruction, differentiation and assessment.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Inspires collaboration among colleagues and is inclusive.
- Organized, flexible, able to contend with complexity and nuance.
- Proficient with educational technology platforms.
- Able to provide leadership and expertise in interpreting and disseminating data and psycho-educational assessment results.
- Effective in communicating with parents, administration, faculty, outside service providers, and the extended educational community.
- Efficient with time management, organizational skills, and meeting deadlines
- Is professional, timely, and compassionate in responding to all constituents.
- Committed to professional development in all areas related to learning, curriculum and leadership.
Standard On-Campus Hours
Start: M - F by 7:45 AM
End: M - Th 3:30 PM, F 2:30 PM
*All schedules are subject to change.
SALARY RANGE: $75,000 - $95,000
Milken strives to be a nurturing, diverse and inclusive community. It is a vibrant academic home, drawing faculty and staff from the spectrum of faith, social and cultural backgrounds.
Interested candidates may apply here.
At Milken Community School, we think education is more than what you know. Our School, founded on Jewish values, is about who our children can become and how they can help others become who they might be. Because the world our children will create tomorrow is born in the School we build today, our mission is to educate our children so they can surpass us.
Non-discrimination Policy: Milken Community School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, financial aid, athletic, and other school-administered programs.
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