TITLE:          ELEMENTARY 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.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Certification and experience as an elementary 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 principal, reading/math specialist(s), classroom teachers, and Office of Instruction to support the implementation of school-wide initiatives for reading/math intervention.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:       10-Month Contract

EVALUATION:

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