Reading Specialist
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Are you looking for a supportive teaching environment with low studentteacher ratios and the ability to make a significant impact on student outcomes Do you want to join a multidisciplinary team with a strengthsbased approach emphasizing applied behavior analysis and positive behavior supports
If you answered YES then consider joining our Devereux PA Childrens Services team! We are currently seeking a Reading Specialist who excels working with children who are non verbal with challenging behaviors in a classroom setting. This position will support both of our approved private schools for an IDD/ASD population of children located in 600 W. Boot Road Downingtown PA 19335 and 390 E. Boot Road West Chester PA 19380. The Reading Specialist position is a fulltime MondayFriday 52week position which follows the school schedule.
Every day as a Reading Specialist you will:
- Provide reading intervention services directly to students in individual and group settings
- Maintain progress monitoring and data to support growth of students
- Conduct screenings and provide diagnosticresults of students reading levels and needs
- Attend IEP meetings and report on student progress
- Provide consultation specific to reading instruction including modeling observations and coaching to teachers and teachers assistants
- Work collaboratively with the leadership of the schools and the students IEP team to provide a continuum of reading instruction
You will be offered:
- Compensation: $ 63000 $ 71820 /yr (based on experience)
- Schedule: MondayFriday 8am4pm
- A multidisciplinary supportive environment great for those new to the field!
- The opportunity to see different classrooms and work with children with various diagnoses.
- A supportive teaching environment small classes and small ratios.
- Staff throughout school use a strengthsbased approach emphasizing positive behavioral supports.
- Benefit Eligibility after 30 days of employment 1st day of the 1st pay period after 30 days).
- ASCEND Career Accelerator Program
Devereux Center for Autism Research and Education Services (CARES) is an educational program licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education that provides services to students ages 5 to 21 diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities. CARES provides an environment that focuses on teaching each student based on his or her unique strengths and needs. Programming is focused on increasing independence for each student.
The School for Integrated Learning focuses on building upon the unique strengths of each student. Our school strives to offer a breadth of opportunities for students to express themselves and find personal levels of accomplishment through activities such as: Special Olympics talent shows and school dances student government peer mentoring service learning community gardening and employment education both in the classroom and in the community. The goal of the School for Integrated Learning is to create individualized educational opportunities that enable each student to live as a positive healthy and sociallyconnected individual in his or her community. The School for Integrated Learning is licensed to serve students in grades K12 who have been identified with the following primary disabilities: behavioral and cognitive differences autism intellectual disabilities and speech and language impairments. The core curriculum has been aligned with the Pennsylvania Core Standards as well as the curricula of our partner school districts. This innovative special education programs that work in tandem with families and school districts to ensure that students can return to their local schools and communities with the tools they will need to succeed. The goal of the curriculum is to provide students with learning experiences that foster increased engagement and success through differentiated instruction evidencebased instructional strategies and rigorous learning expectations. Each student has an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) which outlines goals for skill development and the best strategies by which the student can reach his/her goals. A multidisciplinary team including the individuals parent(s) or guardian regularly reviews the plan to discuss challenges progress and adjustments to goals as appropriate. A primary focus throughout the program is the philosophy of ProgramWide Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PWPBIS) a programwide system of care that promotes and rewards positive behaviors and prevents negative behaviors to create safe supportive living environments.
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Qualifications
EDUCATION: Bachelors degree in Education and /or Special Education required. Pennsylvania Department of Education Reading Specialist Certification required. Wilson Reading System Level I Certification preferred or willingness to obtain Wilson certification.
EXPERIENCE:Experience in a school teaching environment required. Experience providing specially designed instruction preferred. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to lead group meetings and interface with internal and external stakeholders.
Devereux has a zerotolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.
Required Experience:
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Employment Type
Full-Time
