Job DescriptionResponse to Intervention and Reading Specialist The Philadelphia Charter School for Arts & Sciences seeks full-time teachers to join the K-8 team at our neighborhood campus located at 1197 Haworth St. At Arts & Sciences students in grades K-8 engage in a unique educational program designed to grow the next generation of creative leaders and where students focus on the arts and sciences as major subjects alongside a technology-infused standards-driven academic curriculum. Our teachers are creative passionate professional educators that believe every student has specific intelligences that must be nurtured and that all students should have an equal opportunity to achieve their own innate potential.Is responsible for push-in and pull-out support in planning instruction andor adaptation of the instructional program using the Response to Intervention RtI model to facilitate student learning.Will support teachers in implementing specific strategies designed to promote intellectual social and physical growth in all identified intervention students.Evaluate and measure the effectiveness of specific RTI strategies and interventions in order to refine Tier 1 Tier 2 and Tier 3 levels of support in both the classroom and school-wide settings.Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesAssist teachers in using benchmark data to identify and group children who need additional supportsHelp teachers develop and implement classroom-based developmentally appropriate interventions for individual children and groups of children to enhance their acquisition of socialemotional and cognitive skillsSupport teachers in documenting childrens progressDevelop and use instructional and behavioral support tools effectivelyCreate lead and facilitate PLC Grade Group activities on best practices in reading instruction includingCurrent best practices aligned with the Science of ReadingFacilitating meaningful dialogueUsing evidence and showing workFacilitating metacognition questioning and student discourseDesign collaborative systems to support the sharing of RTI best practices.Execute the following duties and responsibilities related to Tiers 2 and 3 identified students in conjunction with the students assigned classroom teacherImplement and track all tiered supports for all identified studentsDesign systems and tools to measure the effectiveness of tiers 2 and 3 supports.Refine tiered intervention strategies and support as needed to improve effectiveness.Work with the special education department to facilitate eligibility for special education.Use instructional and behavioral support tools effectively.Teach approved curriculum while creating a classroom and total school environment that is conducive to learning and is appropriate to the maturity and interests of Tier 2 and Tier 3 students.Develop and inform students of reasonable rules concerning classroom procedures and behavior and maintain a safe and orderly classroom environment.Meet and instruct identified students in various locations and at the times designated.Employ various instructional techniques instructional media and performance assessments which guide the learning process toward academic achievement and curriculum goals.Establish clear objectives for all lessons units and projects and communicates these objectives to the students.Assess the accomplishments of students in a variety of ways on a regular basis and provides progress reports as required.Maintain accurate complete and correct records as required byadministrative regulations.Administer and analyze standardized testing data and adjusts instructional strategies as needed to maximize probability of student success.Teach students to work collaboratively to solve problems and to think logically and creatively.Build effective relationships with parents and students through regular communication and available to students and parents for education-related purposes e.g. open house conferences extra-curricular activities.Participate in professional growth and development and stay abreast of current research through continuing education educational seminars workshops conferences membership in professional organizations of the subject taught and attendance at corporation-sponsored inservices.Maintain a strong regular personal attendance record.Complete other duties as assigned.