Literacy Coach/Reading Specialist (FTE .60) ~ LABBB Collaborative
Job Details
Job ID:4754737
Application Deadline:Posted until filled
Posted:Aug 14, 2024
Starting Date:Aug 28, 2024
Job Description
Please note that depending upon funding this position could increase to a 1.0 FTE for the
2025-2026 School Year
About Us & the Role:
LABBB Collaborative provides educational programming and support services for over 300 special needs students from over 65 districts. LABBB serves students ages 3 to 22 years old with a variety of special needs including students on the autism spectrum, students with multi-handicaps, pervasive development disorders, developmental delays, language deficits and social/emotional challenges. The LABBB community has a vision of skill-based instruction that considers the whole student from early childhood to adult living. Our staff is committed to creating a professional working environment through teamwork, communication, and respect. We are very excited for you to join us!
The Literacy Coach/Reading Specialist (FTE .60) works directly under the supervision of the Program Director and acts as a member of a student’s multidisciplinary team in providing academic, behavioral, transition and therapeutic support to students in the area of Reading and Literacy throughout the day; establishing effective reading instruction across the Collaborative. implements direct instruction, actively supervises students, and ensures that the physical and emotional needs of children are being met on a daily basis.
Job Requirements:
•Bachelor's Degree from accredited College or University
•Must hold a valid DESE Reading Specialist License
•Orton -Gillingham certification required.
•Preferred: Master's degree in teaching/content area
•Prior teaching experience required
•Strong content knowledge in literacy
•Proficient in the use of technology for teaching, learning, assessment, and data analysis
•Skilled in recognizing teachers’ strengths, abilities, and challenges, and able to support effective intervention strategies
•Highly developed knowledge of instructional methods, pedagogical best practices, and assessment principles
•Effective interpersonal and communication skills
•Valid driver’s license and ability to commute between buildings/programs during the day for services, consultations and Team Meetings as needed.
Responsibilities:
•Facilitates improvement in instruction and student learning
•Collaborates with educators based on observation of instruction, examination of student work, and review of assessment data and helps make connections to research-based effective practices
•Consults with staff/teachers on differentiated instruction and assessment strategies to meet the needs of diverse learners
•Coaches’ educators to develop new skills and strategies to improve effectiveness and student achievement
•Coordinates the development, implementation and on-going assessment and revision of curriculum in consultation with the building and district administrators and LABBB curriculum team
•Collaborates with educators in the design, implementation, scoring, and interpretation of quantitative and qualitative data to improve educational practice and student learning
•Creates a climate of trust and critical reflection in order to appropriately engage educators in challenging conversations about student learning
•Collaborates with educators to plan professional learning that is team-based, job-embedded, sustained over time, aligned with content standards, and linked to student learning
•Identifies and uses appropriate technologies to promote collaborative and differentiated professional learning and planning
•Keeps current on best practices in education and uses information and research about emerging education, economic, and social trends in planning and facilitating professional learning
•Engages in meaningful, reflective, and problem-solving conversations with educators through a student-centered model
•Supports educators in instruction and assessment utilizing the MA Frameworks, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) competencies/practices
•Plays an integral role in the efforts to align curriculum for consistency
•Shares instructional and professional resources and help evaluate existing and new evidence-based resources for inclusion and alignment with standards and practice
•Provides direct reading intervention and instruction to students
•Evaluates and provides written assessments; implements screenings and diagnostic batteries
•Cooperatively assists teachers in the selection of materials to meet individual and classroom needs.
•Coordinates and analyzes school-wide testing programs involving reading achievement.
•Observes new teachers in order to help them conduct a more effective reading program.
Schedule: Monday-Friday; 7-hour work day (times vary depending on caseload and school location)
Salary Range: $68,298 to $129,901, commensurate with experience and education. *2024-2025 Salary range is for school year and includes compensation for required 4-week summer program.
Benefits:
Full-time employees at LABBB Collaborative enjoy low-cost benefit offerings that includes medical, dental & vision insurance plans, partial employer-paid basic life insurance, optional employee and dependent life insurance, voluntary medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts, 403(b) retirement plan and state employees’ pension plan, paid time-off, tuition reimbursement, employee assistance program and much more!
Positions Available:1
Salary:$68,298 to $129,901 Per Year
Job Categories:
Classroom Teacher > Alternative Learning Environment
Classroom Teacher > Reading/Literacy
Special Education > Alternative Learning Environment
Special Education > Autism
Special Education > Learning Disabled
Special Education > Life Skills
Special Education > Mild/Moderate Disabilities
Special Education > Multiple Disabilities
Welcome to LABBB Educational Collaborative
LABBB Mission statement: The LABBB Collaborative helps students with special needs reach their full potential through high quality programs that integrate academic, social, recreational and vocational services and enable participation in the least restrictive environment. By sharing its resources with multiple school districts and social service agencies, its programs maintain superior quality and reasonable costs to those it serves, by meeting or exceeding state standards, and achieving economies of scale. We are serving 60 cities and delivering the following specialized services: Adapted Physical Education, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Behavioral Therapy, Counseling, Work preparedness, Transition services, Reading Consultation, Vocational Training, Assistive Technology Consultation,
Job Requirements
Physical Demands:
Physically capable of carrying out the daily responsibilities of the classroom including (but not limited to): consistently attending, working and standing for long periods of time, transferring students into and out of various equipment, lifting up to 50 pounds, working with students on the floor, moving quickly when needed in response to student behavior, and participating in physical interventions if necessary to keep the student or others in the environment safe.- Citizenship, residency or work visa required
Contact Information
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