Teacher - Literacy Specialist

Overview

Teacher - Literacy Specialist

Family Services of Central Massachusetts, an Affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation

Pay: $25.00-$35.00/hour

This position is the literacy coach at the elementary school level. Position is at an hourly rate, for part-time hours for 8-9 weeks during the summer plus additional planning and meeting times in the spring and early fall.

Benefits for Full-time employees: 

• Health Insurance: Offered through Blue Cross Blue Shield, with generous company contribution.
• Enhanced Retirement Plan: 25% - 33% Employer match based on tenure. 
• Student Loan Assistance: Consolidation, counseling, & limited employer contribution!
• Discounted Tuition with College & University Partnerships!
• Tuition Assistance: Reimbursed or prepaid college coursework!
• Home Mortgage Initiative: Favorable down payment (3-5%), reduced closing costs co-paid by Seven Hills!

Work-Life Balance:

• Generous Accrued Paid Vacation: 3 weeks in your first year!
• Vacation Cash-Out Option
• 3 Paid Personal Days
• 11 Paid Holidays 
• Accrued Paid Sick Time

Why Join Us?At Family Services of Central Massachusetts, you’ll make a meaningful impact on the lives of individuals served while working in a supportive and collaborative team environment.

Apply Today!Take the next step in your career and join us as a Teacher - Literacy Specialist

Responsibilities

• Work as a team with the assigned program site to plan for the summer and implement curriculum and literacy strategies.
• Model best practices for experiential thematic curriculum and literacy strategies including (reading aloud, readingwith children, independent reading, literacy stations and thematic curriculum).
• Coach program staff to build their capacity to implement these same strategies.
• Identify resources and literacy materials that link to thematic curriculum and materials that appeal to the age and interests of youth in the program.
• Organize schedule and space for embedding literacy activities and literacy stations in the daily plan.
• Conduct a pre- and post- literacy test using DIBELS Oral Fluency to be used for program evaluation, as well as toidentify individuals that need individual or small group skill-building.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Commitment to working with urban, at-risk children, including English language learners, SEI endorsed.
• Willingness to utilize research-based intervention strategies.
• Work late June to mid-August for up to 15 hours per week per site, and another 15-20 hours in the spring to attend training and to plan with the program site. Required training to be scheduled prior to beginning of summer program.

Qualifications

• Someone presently employed as a certified elementary teacher with background in reading instruction, preferred.