BASIS Ed · 1 week ago
Reading Specialist - Immediate start!
Baton Rouge, LA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expBASIS Ed is an organization that offers a rigorous liberal arts college preparatory education and is seeking a Reading Specialist to support and enhance classroom teaching. The role involves collaborating with teachers to implement a quality reading program, providing intervention support, and analyzing student performance to ensure literacy development.
Charter SchoolsEducation
Responsibilities
Support teachers in analyzing and understanding the results of various assessment tools
Plan and collaborate with K-4 teachers to design and implement engaging instruction that leads to reading fluency and comprehension all content areas
Attend weekly planning sessions with classroom teachers to Identify students in need of differentiated instruction. Suggest accommodations and appropriate lesson structures to support identified students needing intensive intervention
Provides intervention support to ensure comprehension and fluency in K-5 classrooms
Conduct, organize, and analyze on-going assessments of student performance using multiple assessment tools
Model best teaching practices for teachers with the goal of developing their capacity to support, differentiation, and classroom accommodations
Meet regularly with administration and other professionals to discuss student progress
Attend parent-teacher conferences as needed
Qualification
Required
A Bachelor's degree with a major (or 24+ credit hours) in the teaching subject, Advanced degree preferred
A valid fingerprint clearance and/or satisfactory applicable state background check
Must possess the required credentials to teach in your home country or state which may include a Bachelor's degree and documentation of passage of a state authorized subject test in the teaching
Must have a minimum of 2 years of teaching experience
Preferred
The reading specialist has specialized knowledge of assessment and diagnosis that is vital for developing, implementing, and evaluating the literacy program in general, and in designing instruction for individual students
Subject matter postgraduate work (Master's or Ph.D.) is preferred or a combination of subject matter undergraduate degree with a Master's in Education
A high level of educational attainment
Strong communication skills in teaching ideas, texts, and concepts with precision and confidence
A high GPA in his/her major
Excellent recommendations
Experience working with children, not necessarily in the classroom
Open to new ideas in teaching
Benefits
Employer paid medical and dental insurance
Vision insurance
PTO
Ability to add dependents
401k with partial match that grows over time
Employee Assistance Program
Childcare Savings Opportunity (KinderCare tuition discount)
Company
BASIS Ed
BASIS Charter Schools have been raising the level of American education to the highest international standards for more than 20 years, since our first school opened in 1998.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Roberto Ramirez
Vice President |Development and Philanthropic Partnerships
Carolyn McGarvey
Chief School Officer CSO
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