Reading Specialist
Position Overview
Old Sturbridge Academy is seeking a talented Reading Specialist to provide literacy support to students between the grades of Kindergarten through 4th grade. Successful candidates will possess experience working in diverse schools with English Language Learners and students with disabilities and a passion for pioneering collaborative curriculum development set at a living history museum. The Reading Specialist reports directly to the Principal.
Mission
Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School will provide K-8 students with rigorous, real world learning experiences in a supportive and nurturing school community, helping all students to become reflective inquisitors, articulate communicators, critical thinkers, and skilled problem solvers. Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School, an EL Education (formerly known as Expeditionary Learning) school working in partnership with Old Sturbridge Village, will foster a learning environment that represents all aspects of the diversity spectrum where our students will meet or exceed grade-level expectations in all subject areas.
About the School
Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School opened in 2017 and will serve 320 students in grades kindergarten through seventh during the 2021-2022 school year. There are 40 students in each grade level. We are chartered K-8 and will have a maximum enrollment of 360 students-each year we add a grade until we reach eighth grade. We believe in hands-on learning that focuses on three levels of student achievement: mastery of knowledge and skills, character, and high-quality work. Our school’s habits of character, which define our culture, are courage, collaboration, stewardship, perseverance, and high-quality work.
Qualifications
Responsibilities
Join Our Adult Crew
At Old Sturbridge Academy, our faculty and staff collaborate and support one another and our students through a number of school wide activities, events and celebrations. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to participate in a number of these events, ranging from student and family orientation activities to celebrations of learning to graduation. We work together to support the safe and happy arrival and dismissal of our students, collaborate and plan together and use data to guide decision-making.
We are intentional about engaging our faculty and staff in the development of the Academy and of themselves. School wide professional meetings happen before the start of the school year and throughout. All staff are encouraged and expected to participate in school-funded professional development opportunities during the school year and over the summer as approved by the Principal.
Compensation: Salary will be competitive and commensurate with experience.
Application Instructions
To apply for this position, email the following to jobs@osv.org
Answer the following in your cover letter:
Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation/gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Old Sturbridge Academy is seeking a talented Reading Specialist to provide literacy support to students between the grades of Kindergarten through 4th grade. Successful candidates will possess experience working in diverse schools with English Language Learners and students with disabilities and a passion for pioneering collaborative curriculum development set at a living history museum. The Reading Specialist reports directly to the Principal.
Mission
Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School will provide K-8 students with rigorous, real world learning experiences in a supportive and nurturing school community, helping all students to become reflective inquisitors, articulate communicators, critical thinkers, and skilled problem solvers. Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School, an EL Education (formerly known as Expeditionary Learning) school working in partnership with Old Sturbridge Village, will foster a learning environment that represents all aspects of the diversity spectrum where our students will meet or exceed grade-level expectations in all subject areas.
About the School
Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School opened in 2017 and will serve 320 students in grades kindergarten through seventh during the 2021-2022 school year. There are 40 students in each grade level. We are chartered K-8 and will have a maximum enrollment of 360 students-each year we add a grade until we reach eighth grade. We believe in hands-on learning that focuses on three levels of student achievement: mastery of knowledge and skills, character, and high-quality work. Our school’s habits of character, which define our culture, are courage, collaboration, stewardship, perseverance, and high-quality work.
Qualifications
- Possession of at least an initial teaching license in Reading Specialist – All Levels.
- Completion of a Massachusetts Reading Program – All Levels approved program.
- Possession of a Massachusetts Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Teacher Endorsement.
- Bachelor’s degree in education or related field required, Master’s degree preferred
- At least one year of teaching experience
- Experience with a variety of literacy interventions and curricula. Examples include Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading and Lindamood Bell among others.
- Experience facilitating small-group literacy interventions.
- Experience using a multi-sensory intervention program in language based classrooms.
- Experience in elementary school setting preferred.
Responsibilities
- Work directly with students, either individually or in a small group.
- Work with classroom teachers to develop strategies to aid in improved literacy for all students.
- Assess students in their classroom and develop appropriate interventions.
- Collaborate with both general educators and to discuss concerns.
- Perform other duties as determined by the Principal.
- Demonstrate a collaborative spirit of “We are crew, not passengers” from EL Education
- Prepare students for Student-Led Conference through the creation of Portfolios
- Attend and facilitate Student-Led Conferences (~2 per year)
Join Our Adult Crew
At Old Sturbridge Academy, our faculty and staff collaborate and support one another and our students through a number of school wide activities, events and celebrations. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to participate in a number of these events, ranging from student and family orientation activities to celebrations of learning to graduation. We work together to support the safe and happy arrival and dismissal of our students, collaborate and plan together and use data to guide decision-making.
We are intentional about engaging our faculty and staff in the development of the Academy and of themselves. School wide professional meetings happen before the start of the school year and throughout. All staff are encouraged and expected to participate in school-funded professional development opportunities during the school year and over the summer as approved by the Principal.
Compensation: Salary will be competitive and commensurate with experience.
Application Instructions
To apply for this position, email the following to jobs@osv.org
Answer the following in your cover letter:
- Please describe you’re your philosophy of education with specific reference to your vision for literacy education and the creations of language based classrooms.
- 2 letters of recommendation
- 3 references with contact information
- Resume
Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation/gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
