Intervention Specialist - High School (2025-2026 School Year)

TITLE:          WAYNESBORO HIGH SCHOOL INTERVENTION SPECIALIST

PRIMARY FUNCTION: To positively impact student achievement through the delivery, demonstration, and support of research-based instruction in literacy and mathematics.  Implement strategies in direct interaction with students to ensure that all students achieve grade-level standards.  Assist students who do not master grade-level skills from the first instruction. Assist teachers in coordinating student progress monitoring and data collection.  The selected candidate will lead or significantly support the Student Support Team process at Waynesboro High School.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Certification and experience as a PK-12 teacher.
• Masters degree or an endorsement as a Reading and/or Math Specialist, preferred
• Demonstrated ability to transfer research-based practices into classroom instruction

REPORTS TO:         Principal

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with the principal, reading/math specialist(s), and classroom teachers to identify students in need of additional instruction, intervention, or remediation in reading and math.
• Provide direct services to identified students or a group of these students, as assigned by the principal.
• Implement effective instructional strategies that result in acceptable, measurable, and appropriate student academic progress.
• Work with the administration, case managers, classroom teachers, and Office of Instruction to support the implementation of school-wide initiatives for intervention, particularly in reading and math.
• Model and demonstrate best practices in remedial and intervention instruction, including those targeted by the school division. Serve as a resource support for teachers as they implement these strategies to include 1:1, group, and staff professional development.
• Provide support for the administration of assessments and analysis of related student data.
• Assist teachers in collecting and using data to drive instruction and identify appropriate intervention needs.
• Maintain a variety of detailed records in written and electronic formats to communicate and monitor student progress with individual teachers at the building level and partner with counseling, administration, case managers, and others to monitor student graduation progress and needs.
• Coordinate and organize data collection and presentation for school-wide and division-level needs.
• Establish and maintain open communication, as well as collaborative relationships with classroom teachers, reading specialists, math specialists, tutors providing intervention services, and administrators.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Duties performed typically in school settings include: school office, classroom, gym, cafeteria, auditorium, and recreational areas. Frequent walking, standing, stooping, lifting, up to approximately 30 pounds, and occasional lifting of equipment and/or materials weighing up to approximately 40 pounds may be required. Other limited physical activities are required. Occasional travel with students on field trips may be necessary. Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas using the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels; visual acuity is required for preparing and analyzing written or computer data, determining the accuracy and thoroughness of work, and observing general surroundings and activities; the worker is subject to inside and outside environmental conditions, noise, and hazards. Occasional movement of students by wheelchairs and other mechanical devices may be required. Regular contact with special needs children is necessary. Regular contact with staff members, students, parents, and community members is required. Frequent contact with parents by phone and in person is necessary. Occasional contact with medical professionals may be required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:       10-Month Contract

EVALUATION:

Performance on this job will be evaluated following school board policy and administrative regulations on the evaluation of professional personnel.      

Salary : $51,449 - $74,639