JOB TITLE : Reading Interventionist Teacher

TYPE OF POSITION : Certified

REPORTS TO : Principal

POSITION PURPOSE :

• To teach elementary school pupils how to be successful in school academically, emotionally and socially

• Knowledge and instruction experience of how to teach reading to students with English as a Second Language.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.

1. Partner with administration and teaching staff.

2. Implement research-based best instructional approaches in the assigned subject(s) and grade level(s) – within the interventionist’s classroom and, if requested, in the general education classroom.

3. Recommend supplementary programs and resources as needed to support student behavioral and emotional needs.

4. Participate in faculty and professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops.

5. As requested, participate in curriculum development and/or textbook/resource adoption for the assigned subject(s) and grade level(s).

6. Administer assessments to students assigned for intervention in order to determine individual students’ initial learning needs within the developmental sequence of the assigned skill area, develop individualized and measurable growth goals, continually monitor progress, and update goals to ensure continuous growth.

7. Plan and direct individual and group lessons and activities to ensure skill development and standards mastery and to stimulate growth in language, social, and motor skills, considering such factors as students’ individual needs, abilities, backgrounds, and physical limitations. In addition to the subject matter skills, as needed, teach following instructions, interacting appropriately with others, and using equipment and materials appropriately.

8. Utilize various teaching methods and appropriate technologies to meet individual student needs in whole group, small group, and/or 1:1 settings.

9. Maintain discipline in classroom and in other school activities.

10. Provide actionable feedback on pupils’ academic and behavioral performance to students, parents, classroom teachers, and administrators. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure a unified learning plan and success for each student.

11. Keep attendance, achievement, and growth data for each child.

12. Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Appropriate certification as required by the Indiana Department of Education.

2. Ability to plan and organize.

3. Skills in human and interpersonal relations.

4. Ability to communicate effectively before groups of students, staff, and parents.

5. Proven instructional leader.

6. Other qualifications as deemed desirable by the School Board.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms.

2. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to ten (10) pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

3. The employee should be able to use the following machines, tools, equipment, and work aids which may be representative, but not all inclusive, of those commonly associated with this type of work: pen, pencil, pointer, stylus, projector, public address system, tape recorder, blackboard, chalk, charts, diagrams, examinations, manuals, maps, publications, reference books, textbooks, and computers.

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.

1. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

2. There are no environmental hazards indicated for this position.

TERMS: Length of year and salary to be determined by the School Board.

EVALUATION : Evaluation of performance on this job will be in accordance with the provisions of the policy handbook.