Literacy Specialist, Instructional Design

2 months ago


Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States New Globe Inc Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Literacy Specialist to lead the development of a remedial reading program for older students who need to learn basic phonics and decoding. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing a scope and sequence for a year-long remedial program, creating a textbook, and developing fully-scripted lessons that contain phonics, decoding, and remedial reading exercises.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design a remedial reading program that brings students reading below 40 correct words per minute on texts leveled at Grade 1 to 60 correct words per minute on texts leveled at Grade 3.
  • Create a textbook and develop specifications for decodable reading passages.
  • Develop fully-scripted lessons that contain phonics, decoding, and remedial reading exercises.
  • Work with a program director and team of writers to guide the execution of all program components.
  • Apply feedback from stakeholders to iterate on and perfect the program.
Requirements
  • At least 5 years of experience teaching reading interventions or developing remedial reading programs.
  • Pedagogical alignment with approaches based on systematic phonics and the science of reading and scripted instruction.
  • Experience responding to fluency data to help students meet fluency goals or adjust interventions.
  • Openness to adapting materials or an approach to suit different global contexts.
  • Familiarity with standard reading assessments, programs, and norms (e.g., EGRA, DIBELS, Woodcock Reading Mastery tests, Reading A-Z, Hasbrouck and Tindal, Reading Mastery).
What We Offer
  • Opportunity for impact: The Instructional Design department directly impacts the experiences of over one million children.
  • Flexible hybrid working arrangement.
  • Health and dental insurance.
  • 20 paid leave days (excluding public holidays) and 6 sick days.
  • Career mobility: Needs within the organization are growing rapidly.
Values of Successful Employees at New Globe Inc

We are looking for new joiners who are energized by our mission and share our values. We value detailed doers, creative problem-solvers, relentless advocates, malleable learners, data-driven decision-makers, and curious investigators.



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