Reading Specialist, Givens Elementary

## 2026-2027 School Year

**Primary Objective:**To provide intensive intervention and implement scientifically based reading instruction to improve reading skills, develop grade-level composition skills, encourage critical thinking, and improve literacy skills needed for secondary and post-secondary success. This position will serve high school students with one-on-one and small group instruction in literacy.

**Roles and Responsibilities:**

• **Small-Group & Individualized Instruction**: Implementing research-based strategies to improve fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and decoding skills
• **Push-In Model Support**: Collaborating with classroom teachers to reinforce reading strategies and provide differentiated support
• **Data Analysis & Progress Monitoring**: Assessing student growth through formal and informal assessments, tracking progress, and adjusting instruction based on individual needs
• **Intervention & Enrichment**: Designing structured reading interventions for struggling readers while also providing opportunities for advanced literacy development and experiential application
• **Professional Collaboration**: Working alongside teachers, administrators, and support staff to enhance literacy instruction building-wide
• **Student Advocacy**: Identifying students who need additional reading support and providing strategies to help them gain confidence and proficiency in literacy

**Specific Duties:**

• Assist classroom teachers with universal screening.
• Provide additional diagnostic assessments to students flagged by the universal screener to determine the level of intervention
• Develop caseloads and communicate the level of intervention to building principals, classroom teachers, and families
• Coordinate the master list of students screened with accurate data and accompanying Reading Success Plans
• Choose the appropriate intervention based on identified student needs and use state-approved progress monitoring tools to communicate student growth
• Ensure that students with RSPs have materials or resources available for families to use at home. Provide guidance to classroom teachers and families for students receiving interventions
• Participates in monthly professional development sessions
• Attend PLC meetings and parent meetings as required
• Attend professional development opportunities to support students, the school, and the district
• Provide input to teams regarding student academic strengths and areas for growth
• Provide the high quality instruction needed to move students to grade level proficiency

**Qualifications:**

• Knowledge of informal and formal assessment procedures and curriculum standards
• Ability to effectively communicate, verbally and in written form, with a variety of students, teachers, and families
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and confidentiality on sensitive issues
• Ability to work effectively with all stakeholders
• Calm demeanor for handling stressful situations
• Ability to accomplish tasks that are often interrupted by persons with special and/or immediate needs
• Ability to report to work consistently and promptly as scheduled

**Education and Training:**

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree
• Master's Degree Preferred
• Missouri Teacher Certification (Special Reading K-12)
• LETRS training preferred
• Knowledge of Orton-Gillingham instructional strategies

WEBSTER GROVES SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER & E-VERIFY PARTICIPANT

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