Job Description:
Summary: 
The Literacy Interventionist provides strategies for teaching and supporting students in the literacy skills needed to learn to read, read to learn, and comprehend. 
 
Reports To: Building Principal
 
Duties/Responsibilities:

• Support the facilitation of the school’s literacy intervention program.
• Collaborate with teachers individually to identify the literacy needs of students, set learning goals and targets, and problem-solve with teachers to develop best practices for the continuous academic growth of students in literacy.
• Assist teachers with data collection, and analysis of data results and supports the sharing of findings with all staff.
• Review student achievement and assist with placing students in appropriate reading and writing intervention and support services.
• Teach targeted literacy intervention to individual, small group, and/or full classroom settings daily using research-based strategies and resources.
• Assist students using software and materials related to literacy programs.
• Meet regularly with the classroom teacher to plan literacy instruction that correlates with the individual student’s needs or as requested by the classroom teacher.
• Attend professional development to enhance knowledge of pedagogy and content, especially literacy.
• Maintain and submit accurate and up-to-date management records of all students' progress.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities related to literacy as assigned by the supervisor.

 
Required Skills/Abilities:

• Assessment and Analysis o Assessing students utilizing a variety of methods to determine appropriate placement and specific instructional needs
• Analyzing schoolwide assessment data and determining students who need additional literacy support
• Planning for Instruction
• Creating intervention groupings and determining focus/goal and plan to lead to students toward goal mastery
• Ability to select appropriate instructional materials for a group
• Experience Working with Diverse Learners
• Familiarity with best practices in reading instruction for emergent bilinguals
• Professional Collaboration
•  Leading literacy-related professional development
•  Supporting individual teachers regarding best practices for literacy instruction
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to maintain professionalism and tact in high-stress situations.

 
Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education.
• Missouri State Certification in Elementary Education.
• Missouri DESE Special Reading Teacher Certification.
• Special Reading Endorsement and/or completion of Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) or similar training
• Minimum of two to four years of experience working in a classroom setting.
• Experience in an urban school setting is preferred.
• Bilingual ability; English required and Spanish preferred.
• Highly Qualified Status (this status requires the following)

         o Bachelor’s Degree.
         o Appropriate certification for the course/grade level being taught.
         o Documentation of content expertise in the area being taught (early literacy)
 
 
Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Prolonged periods of standing and walking throughout the classroom.
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at a time.
• Must be able to access and navigate all areas of the school and other facilities as needed.