Literacy Assistants (multiple positions) - District-wide [SY26-27]

The Literacy Assistant will provide reading and writing instruction to an identified at-risk population. The Literacy Assistant will work with the Title I literacy coaches, reading specialists, and the classroom teachers to plan and implement literacy instruction that meets the specific needs of large groups, small groups, and/or individual students.

Responsibilities:

• Provide intervention services to at-risk children in reading and writing in order to accelerate their literacy skills.
• Participate with the literacy coaches, reading specialists, and the classroom teachers to plan and implement ‘just-in-time’ literacy support in the five pillars of literacy (phonological awareness, Phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension).
• Conduct individual diagnostic testing of students and analyze results with the school’s literacy coach and grade-level teams.
• Conduct progress monitoring of students identified as ‘at-risk’ and input results into the DIBELS database system.
• Collaborate regularly with the literacy coaches and classroom teachers to share observations of student performance and progress.
• Participate in training sessions provided onsite by the Title I grant.
• Input benchmark literacy data using the DIBELS database system to support school wide analysis of data.
• Attend data meetings and individual student meetings as necessary.
• Support classes in literacy instruction as teachers attend professional development and professional learning communities.
• Participate in other literacy-related tasks as determined by the Director of Title I and school-based principal.

Must be able to:

• Be mobile and move from one group of students to another
• Work respectfully with students, teachers, and peers
• Be or be willing to get trained in literacy interventions and in administering the DIBELS assessment
• Input data into the DIBELS database system
• Be punctual and follow a tight schedule
• Answer emails through the maldenps.org system
• Navigate basic computer platforms
• Complete a timesheet accurately

• Experience working with students
• Bachelor’s degree
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
• Preferably: Degree in education and/or teacher licensure

Reports to: Building Principal, Director of Instruction and Intervention