Qualifications

Applicants must be certified as a licensed Reading instructor in the State of Wisconsin with three to five years experience preferred.  The successful candidate understands and has experience in current practices and methodologies for teaching reading to grades K-6.  The candidate must be a team player, willing to be flexible and collaborate with colleagues and capable of successfully integrating technology into the daily teaching practices; differentiating instruction and assessment.  Training in CKLA, as well as a practicing Catholic preferred.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Partners with the Academic Team to coordinate and facilitate a school-wide literacy program

• Provides coaching, support and strategies to teachers to improve instruction that will enhance literacy growth across the curriculum

• Assists students with lagging development improve literacy skills

• Collaborates with teachers to promote the learning and implementation of best practices in literacy instruction

• Creates and examines data to measure the success of literacy programs and instruction

• Teaches targeted literacy intervention to individual or small groups of students using research-based strategies and resources

• Conducts individual and school-wide assessments in order to evaluate levels and targeted interventions

• Reviews student achievement and facilitates student support in appropriate reading and writing interventions

• Meets regularly with classroom teachers to plan literacy instruction that correlates with individual student needs

• Evaluates the reading/language arts program annually for effectiveness

• Provides data-driven staff development in alliance with the Academic Team

• Promotes effective use of technology within reading programs