What are the responsibilities and job description for the (2025-2026) 3-5 ELA Interventionist position at Audubon Schools?
Title: ELA Interventionist
Purpose of Position: To provide instructional support to students and families
Employment Status: Full-time Reporting
Reports to: Principal
Location: Assigned campus
Essential Functions:
Demonstrate Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy
· Create lesson plans that support instructional outcomes and reflect important concepts in the discipline
· Provide clear and accurate explanations
· Provide accurate answers to students’ questions
· Provide feedback to students that furthers learning
· Work with colleagues to assure interdisciplinary connections are planned and practiced
· Ensure educational outcomes are of a challenging cognitive level, central to the discipline, allow student choice, use varied resources, allow for thoughtfully planned learning groups and interdisciplinary in nature
· Ensure alignment of outcomes, activities and skills
· Ensure assessments adequately measure student mastery of presented content
· Plan and implement instructional outcomes which allow differentiation for students of varied abilities
Create an Environment of Respect and Rapport
· Encourage and model respectful talk, active listening and turn taking
· Acknowledge students’ backgrounds and lives outside of the classroom
· Exhibit body language indicative of warmth and caring to students
· Encourage and model politeness and support for all community members
· Encourage and model fairness in all interactions
Establish a Culture for Learning
· Demonstrate a belief in the value of what is being learned and the Montessori and French instructional pedagogies
· Encourage high expectations, supported through both verbal and nonverbal behaviors, for both learning and participation
· Encourage and recognize effort and persistence on the parts of students
· Create a culture that promotes high expectations for expression and work products
· Establish smooth functioning classroom routines with little or no loss of instructional time
· Create classroom routines where students play an important role in carrying out the routines
Utilize Effective Instructional Strategies
· Create and pose questions of high cognitive challenge which have been formulated by both students and the teacher
· Create and pose questions with multiple correct answers or approaches, even when there is a single correct response
· Effectively utilize student responses and ideas
· Facilitate and encourage high levels of student participation in student led discussion
· Encourage and support student enthusiasm, interest, thinking, problem solving, etc.
· Create learning tasks that require high-level student thinking and invite students to explain their thinking
· Create an environment where students are actively “working” rather than watching while their teacher “works”
· Create effectively paced lessons
· Gathers and uses evidence of student understanding to information instruction and remediation
· Assists students in assessing their own work against established criteria
Utilize Data to Drive Intervention Support Services
· Analyze grade, class and individual student academic data for the purpose of increasing student achievement and making informed decisions relative to practice
· Review and evaluate student achievement information in order to place students in appropriate academic supports
· Select research and/or evidence based interventions to support student achievement
· Collaborate with other colleagues for the purpose of increasing student achievement
· Use systematic and valid data collection procedures to measure effectiveness of service delivery in order to evaluate the impact on student learning
· Serve as a member of the RtI team and participate in the establishment of systems which utilize data collection to make decisions regarding student services
· Maintain up to date files on all students serviced
Display Professionalism and Commitment to the Audubon Community
· Reflect and refine instruction based on feedback from others and self-reflection
· Create systems and routines that track student metrics to improve both academic and socio-emotional outcomes
· Maintain accurate documentation of student progress
· Frequently and in a way that is culturally appropriate, communicate with families regarding the program and student progress
· Cultivate positive two-way communication between school and families
· Create frequent opportunities for families to engage in the learning process
· Regularly work with colleagues to share and plan for student success
· Participate in professional development opportunities that emphasize improving practice
· Regularly participate in or initiate school activities which further the mission of the school
· Regularly participate in or initiate activities which emphasize community service
· Supports students even in the face of difficult situations or conflicting policies
REQUIRED
· Bachelor’s degree required
· Certification or ability to gain certification as a Teacher in instructional area
· Experience creating and successfully managing a classroom environment
· Experience in and/or understanding of the public school system including charter schools is desirable
PREFERRED
· Master’s degree in education or related field
· Montessori or National Board Certification
· Certification in multiple instructional areas
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: $52,971.00 - $73,978.00 per year
Benefits:
- 403(b)
- 403(b) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Physical Setting:
- Charter school
- Public school
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No nights
- No weekends
Work Location: In person
Salary : $52,971 - $73,978