Title: MSHS Literacy Interventionist

Contract Days: 210

Salary: DOE (will follow CBA)

Reports To: MSHS Building Principal

Qualifications: 

• Must hold a Type A Teaching Certificate with a 6 - 12 endorsement

• Bachelor's Degree, Master's Preferred

• Experience with literacy interventions in an RTI/MTSS system

Job Description: The Reading Interventionist is a key member of the middle/high school’s literacy team. This role is responsible for providing individual or small-group instruction to students who are struggling academically in the classroom. This position will help develop literacy skills and increase the reading capabilities through literacy materials, reading programs, and a wide variety of resources and collaboration with teachers, literacy coaches, and building administrators. This position supports student achievement in the area of English Language Arts, with special attention to reading. This position is responsible for monitoring, reporting, and communicating student progress and performance.

Essential Job Duties:

• Provides high-quality, direct instruction to individual students and small groups

• Uses data to provide instruction to students and to bring their skills to grade-level 

• Collaborates with administrators and the Literacy Innovation Team to identify individual and small groups of students needing additional support and intervention

• Uses identified research-based interventions focused specifically on individual student needs

• Maintains data-based documentation of continuous monitoring of student performance and progress 

• Provides data to school teams and participates in decisions about student progress 

• Communicates with teachers, administration, and families regarding student progress 

• Participates in meetings with teachers, administration, and families to discuss student placement and progress 

• Provides diagnostic assessments for students as needed 

• Provides input for program development 

• Supports the implementation of assessment tools and data management systems

• Active member of the building Literacy Innovation Team, attending meetings and being an active leader in literacy innovation in the building.

• Attends the appropriate trainings to improve knowledge and skills, including conferences

Employment Terms:

• Dillingham City School District Policy

• Position grant funded. Funding available until June 30, 2030

• Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a satisfactory criminal background check.