Bilingual Reading Interventionist/ Specialist
Under the direction of the Executive Principal, our full-time Bilingual Reading Specialist/Interventionist will collaborate with school teams to review student data to plan and implement interventions for struggling learners. Applicants will maintain knowledge of best practices in their discipline and support teacher growth. They will be responsible for assessment review and facilitation, collaboration, student instruction, and data collection and analysis.
Job Responsibilities:
- Work collaboratively with all staff
- Conduct assessments to identify students’ reading levels and areas of need.
- Develop and implement reading intervention plans based on assessment results.
- Provide interventions to students either one on one or in small groups, using evidence-based reading strategies.
- Monitor students’ progress regularly and adjust intervention plans as needed
- Maintain confidentiality
- Meet all required timelines
- Communicate effectively with students, parents, and staff
- Analyze data efficiently
- Act as a data resource for staff
- Fulfills professional obligations by attending meetings, in-service, professional and parent conferences, as well as participates in special events of the school and the agency.
- Other duties as assigned by the Executive Principal or CEO.
Job Skills Requirements:
- Demonstrate the ability to build professional relationships and communicate effectively with students, parents, and staff.
- Demonstrates Basic computer knowledge, Basic knowledge of excel, word, and Google forms
- Demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain positive, effective working relationships with staff, students, and the community.
- Demonstrate the ability to address criticism in an appropriate manner and develop constructive outcomes.
- Demonstrate effective time management, organizational skills, and prioritization of work to meet the needs of the users.
- Demonstrate initiative, flexibility, and the ability to work independently.
- Demonstrate excellent human relations and interpersonal skills.
- Fulfills professional obligations by complying with timelines, attending meetings, in-service, professional and parent conferences, as well as participating in special events of the school and the agency.
Education Requirements:
- Valid Wisconsin Teaching License
- 316 Reading and/or 317 Reading Specialist License.
DesiredCharacteristics:
- Bilingual Required English/Spanish
- Previous classroom/intervention experience
- Focused on delivering high quality, standards aligned instruction.
- Driven to form meaningful, engaging relationships with staff, students, and families.
- Collaborative by nature.
- Present a positive, student-centered approach to the teaching and learning process.
- Enthusiastic and optimistic regarding moving each learner forward.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here 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.
- Must be able to stand and sit for long periods of time.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
- The employee will have unsupervised access to children that are part of La Casa’s educational programs.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
To Apply: Contact Hanan Saint-Hilaire at hsaint-hilaire@lacasadeesperanza.org or (262) 832-1508.
