Reading Specialist - Academy Landenberg

Description

Are you looking for a supportive teaching environment with low student-teacher ratios and the ability to make a significant impact on student outcomes? Do you want to join a multi-disciplinary team with a strengths-based approach, emphasizing applied behavior analysis and positive behavior supports?

If you answered YES, then consider joining our Devereux PA Children's Services team! We are currently seeking a Certified Reading Specialist who excels working with children who have challenging behaviors in a classroom setting. This position will support our approved private school for an emotional support and behavioral health population located at [20 McMaster Blvd, Landenberg, PA 19350].

The Reading Specialist position is Full-Time, Monday-Friday.

• Provide reading intervention services directly to students in individual and group settings
• Maintain progress monitoring and data to support growth of students
• Conduct screenings and provide diagnostic results of students’ reading levels and needs
• Attend IEP meetings and report on student progress
• Provide consultation specific to reading instruction including modeling, observations and coaching to teachers and teacher’s assistants
• Work collaboratively with the leadership of the schools and the student’s IEP team to provide a continuum of reading instruction

• $63,000 - $71,820 (based upon experience)
• A multi-disciplinary supportive environment – great for those new to the field
• A supportive teaching environment – small classes and small ratios
• Staff throughout the school use a strengths-based approach emphasizing positive behavioral supports. ASCEND - Career Accelerator Program

Devereux Day Academy is a private academic school program located in Landenberg, PA. Devereux Day Academy is licensed to serve students in grades K-12 who have been identified with primary disabilities including Emotional Disturbance, behavioral and cognitive differences. The academy also helps children with autism, intellectual disabilities and speech and language impairments. The core curriculum is aligned with the Pennsylvania Core Standards and partner school districts.

The program uses differentiated instruction, evidence-based instructional strategies, and rigorous learning expectations with individualized Educational Plans (IEPs). A multi-disciplinary team regularly reviews goals with families or guardians. The program emphasizes Program-Wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PW-PBIS) to promote positive behaviors and create a safe, supportive environment.

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EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in Education and/or Special Education required. Pennsylvania Department of Education Reading Specialist Certification required. Wilson Reading System Level I Certification preferred or willingness to obtain Wilson certification.

EXPERIENCE: Experience in a school teaching environment required. Experience providing specially designed instruction preferred. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to lead group meetings and interface with internal and external stakeholders.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Devereux is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit organizations, providing services, insight and leadership in behavioral healthcare. Founded in 1912, Devereux operates a national network of clinical, therapeutic, educational and employment programs that positively impact the lives of 10,000+ children, adults and their families every year.

Our Mission: Devereux changes lives by unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional, behavioral or cognitive differences.

With nearly 6,500 employees working in programs across the country, Devereux serves individuals in autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, specialty mental health, education and foster care.

At Devereux, Servant Leadership is embedded…