TITLE:          KATE COLLINS MIDDLE 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 Kate Collins.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Certification and experience as an elementary or middle school 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 the evaluation of professional personnel.