What are the responsibilities and job description for the Part-Time Literacy/Reading Specialist position at Assabet Valley Collaborative Orchard Street Academy?
Assabet Valley Collaborative is seeking a Part-Time
Literacy/Reading Specialist for our Therapeutic Day School, Orchard Street Academy
NOTE: Before you read on, please read the Commitments to Educational Equity that AVC strives to adopt across our organization. We seek to add employees to our team who can help us make these commitments a reality and influence how we lead, learn, innovate, design, collaborate, and serve our students, families, partners, and communities. Within this role, examples of how we strive for Educational Equity includes ongoing, in depth examination of individual and interpersonal beliefs and how they impact our work within micro and macro systems. Still interested? See below:
Who We Are:
Assabet Valley Collaborative (AVC) is an educational service agency in Metrowest/Central Massachusetts. Our services include school programs, wraparound services, transportation services, professional development, cooperative purchasing and consulting.
AVC's Orchard Street Academy (OSA) is a small public therapeutic school serving grades 6th- 12th.
The ideal candidate would possess or demonstrate the following:
- Ability to thrive within a team while also being able to work independently
- Encourages and fosters passion and enthusiasm for teaching and learning
- Adhere to established federal, state, and local laws and regulations (FERPA, HIPAA, and IDEA)
- Experience working in schools, nonprofits, human service organizations
- Empowers and fosters the skills for students to become problem solvers and independent decision makers
- Demonstrates an ability to be flexible and adapt to the evolving needs of students and the school environment
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
The Literacy/Reading Specialist:
- Provides direct service delivery to students as indicated by assessment data and service delivery grids
- Attend IEP meetings for small caseload of students
- Complete necessary documentation, including IEP progress reports
- Consults with educators to develop student centered differentiated instruction to increase student engagement
- Provide consultation to educators on appropriate materials for both reading and writing instruction, and integrative or embedded curriculum (literacy around content).
- Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- DESE Certification as a Reading Specialist
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Hours: 5-7 hours per week