Reading Specialist

JobID: 852

**Position Type**:
Teaching - Elementary School/Reading Specialist**Date Posted**:
4/19/2024**Location**:
McDonald Elementary School**Date Available**:
August 2024**Closing Date**:
05/05/2024**Reading Specialist**
**McDonald Elementary**
**Effective '24-'25 SY (Contracted)**

**Must hold valid Pennsylvania certificate for Reading Specialist**

**General Scope of Responsibilities**:

- Diagnostic and prescriptive reading services including evaluation, prescription, and treatment for students who need specialized reading instruction beyond that which can be accommodated within the classroom.
**Reports to**:

- Principal
**Supervises** - N/A
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**
- Those tasks which are necessary for the preparation for instruction, actual instruction and management of student-learning activities in accordance with school district practice and established courses of study and/or curriculum
- Evaluation and identification of individual student progress and special help as required to insure successful learning
- Maintenance of student discipline
- Supervision of extended study activities, such as study halls, school assemblies,homeroom activities and co-curricular activities
- Performance of activities related to attendance, grade reporting and student records, and the interpretation of this information to parents
- Attendance and participation at faculty meetings, on curriculum committees and other special committees
- Compliance with and participation in currentdistrict educational initiatives
- Understanding of goals through cooperative, effective work with other staff
- Incorporation and implementation of technology as appropriate to instruction
- Awareness of and compliance with school board policies and regulations
- Counseling of students and appropriate referrals made on decisions relating to their educational program, career planning and personal problems which affect success in school.
- Maintenance of conditions of health and safety in the classroom and in the school
- Proper care of school plant and assigned equipment
- Preparation of reports requested by principal
- Attention to health requirements of individual students
- Planning for the participation in parent-teacher conferences
- Participation in continuing in-service education activities as sponsored by the school or district
- Activities associated with preparations for the evaluation of a school or a program within a school by the state Department of Education and/or any other accrediting agency
- Maintenance of professional growth through in -service programs, graduate courses, and awareness of innovations in area of certification and in education in general
- Other duties as may be assigned

**Term of Employment** - **Start of '24-'25 SY. Salary and benefits per Collective Bargaining Agreement.**

**_ALL EMPLOYMENT IS PROVISIONAL FOR 90 DAYS AS REQUIRED BY ACT 168 OF 2014, ENACTED DECEMBER 22, 2014. MUST SUBMIT ACT 168 FORM TO ALL CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYERS WHERE YOU HAVE HAD DIRECT CONTACT WITH CHILDREN._**

**Shift Type: Full-Time**
**Salary Range: $50,185 to $77,375 (rates are '23-'24 SY, '24-'25 SY is TBD)**
**Job Category: Certified**
**Location: McDonald Elementary**
**Minimum Qualifications: Reading Specialist Certification