Instructional Coach/Intervention Specialist Grades 4-6

Status: Full Time, Exempt

Reporting To: Lower School Upper Elementary Principal

Starting: August 2024, following the school calendar

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor Degree in Education and/or a current Ohio Intervention Specialist license-mild/moderate (K-12); with reading endorsement preferred
• An understanding in the science of reading research and has practice implementing various supported reading interventions, such as Take Flight or Orton Gillingham, etc.
• Strong interpersonal, collaborative, and communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and follow through
• Must be a committed Christian who is comfortable in a multi-denominational Christian community

Duties/Description:

• Work cooperatively with regular classroom teachers, using data to interpret the abilities of students and identify struggling learners, and assist in developing and implementing classroom intervention strategies
• Employ and share the latest findings to help classroom teachers diversify their teaching practices and tailor their classes to support a diverse community of student learners
• Adapt to different classroom learning environments and teaching styles
• Collaborate with student, parents, and teaching team to develop and implement a personalized learning plan for struggling learners in core content areas, then regularly assess the progress of student's needs and communicate this to the team
• Directly and indirectly provide needed coaching and support for students who learn differently through inclusion, guided study halls, and other pull-out services
• Provide mentorship, services, and programming that increase motivation, build resiliency, and foster a positive school climate for all students
• Participate in professional growth opportunities through staff development, in-service, workshops, and other means
• Other duties as assigned by the administrative staff

CHCA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates are encourage to apply and will be considered.

Essential functions under the Americans with Disabilities Act may include any of the duties, knowledge and skills listed above. This list is illustrative only and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by employees in this position. Regular attendance is an essential function of this job.

The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described below 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.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

MENTAL FUNCTIONS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to compare, analyze, communicate, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile and negotiate.