LITERACY SPECIALIST 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Disaggregate and analyze student literacy data to inform instruction, “just in time” interventions, and teacher practice. 
• Oversee literacy intervention including phonic intervention, oral reading fluency, and blended learning softwares (Lexia Core, ThinkCerca, Reading Plus). 
• Work with the phonics team to target students with large reading gaps and make 1.5+ years of growth in one year. 
• Provide direct instruction to students identified as eligible for reading services in individual, small group, and/or full classroom settings with an emphasis on emergent, beginning, and transitional readers.
• Provide curriculum support and training for all teachers and continuous staff development 
• Model and coaches instructional methods in a variety of settings (whole group and small group)
• Collaborate with and coaches teachers on the use of assessment data to plan instruction; analyzes school literacy data and plans for future literacy need
• Facilitate vertical and horizontal collaborative instructional planning
• Assess students using a variety of measures to determine appropriate placement and specific instructional needs
• Conduct classroom walkthroughs and provides feedback to teachers and leaders
• Assist with the planning and delivery of parent workshops and informational sessions involving the language arts program
• Participate in parent conferences and provides instructional suggestions
• Oversee the independent reading program including awards, processing book requests, processing new books, and checking in with students on books (with the help of a teaching fellow) 
• Supporting teachers, students, and staff in making productive use of the library as part of their curriculum. 
• Ensuring the library Teaching Fellow is prepared to support teachers and students with library needs and add to the Etoile literacy program.

WE LOOK FOR TEAM MEMBERS THAT EMBODY OUR REACH VALUES. THIS INCLUDES THE CHARACTERISTICS BELOW. 

• Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college   
• Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them  
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly  
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes  
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change  
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization  
• Works through silos and forges strong relationships in order to achieve outcomes  
• We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A minimum of two years of professional experience in high-performing urban schools with specific experience in marketing and/or student recruiting. 
• Expertise in teaching reading, teaching ELA, and coaching teachers. 
• Experience as a teacher or school-based role preferred. 
• A demonstrable commitment to pursuing equity.
• A strong track record of experience and results as a trusted member of an organization's leadership team.
• Ability to multi-task and work within an ambiguous, fast-moving, start-up environment, while driving toward clarity and solutions.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Bilingual (Spanish and English) required.