Reading Specialist 2025-2026 SY
Reading Specialist 2025-2026 SY
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Jacksonville North Pulaski School District
Position Title: Reading Specialist
Department: Building Level
Reports To: Building Principal
Contract: 2025-2026 School Year (190 days)
Closing: Until Filled
SUMMARY: The Reading Specialist (RS) will create implement and monitor a variety of reading intervention activities for students who are below grade level or struggling to make adequate academic progress in reading. The RS will also be responsible for providing interventions to students who have been identified as showing markers for dyslexia maintaining accurate records meeting with parents attending RTI meetings and conducting Level 2 screeners with students. The RS will assist the instructional staff to understand how to best meet the reading and language comprehension learning needs of at-risk students through differentiated instruction and other methods. The RS will work with the school and district leadership in identifying and responding to the needs of reading at-risk students using all the resources available to the school.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides intensive readingintervention in phonemic awareness phonics spelling comprehension and fluency for students.
- Plans designs and executes small group interventions for individual students that incorporate a wide range of reading instructional procedures and empower students to develop strategic behaviors when reading and writing.
- Develops intervention plans based on data collected analyzed and synthesized from careful observation of reading and writing behaviors.
- Engages in coaching and development tools and strategies that maximize teacher performance and that of their students.
- Provides continuous feedback and evaluation for students based on the development of individualized goals for performance that are specific measurable action-oriented realistic and time-bound.
- Implementsthedistrictsresearch-baseddyslexiainterventionprogramfor studentsdemonstratinganeedforthisintenseintervention
- Monitorsstudentswhohavebeendismissedfromadyslexiainterventionprogramandprovidesrecommendationsfortheteachersthroughtheiraccommodation plan/504plan.
- Consultswithteachersregardingdyslexiastudentsprogressinthegeneraleducationcurriculum.
- Conductsformalandinformalreadingassessmentstomonitorstudentsprogressonaregularbasis
- Establishesandmaintainsprofessionalrelationshipswithprincipalsteachers parentsandcolleagues
- Attendsandprovides progressupdatesforAnnual504CommitteeMeetingsofdyslexiastudents
- Other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION/LICENSURE/EXPERIENCE: Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university. Valid Arkansas teaching certificate with required endorsements: Reading Specialist endorsement and dyslexia training/experience are preferred. Knowledge of curriculum design and implementation the ability to evaluate instruction programs and teaching effectiveness ability to develop and deliver training to adult learners ability to interpret data and strong organizational communication and interpersonal.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Successful completion of pre-employment background checks. Appropriate personal and professional conduct at all times around students other staff members and the general public.
The Jacksonville North Pulaski School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
It is the policy of the Jacksonville North Pulaski School District not to discriminate on the basis of age sex race color religion national origin or disability in its educational programs activities or employment practices.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
