TEACHER ASSIGNED VACANCY CIRCULAR NO 33  INTENSIVE READING INTERVENTIONIST  K THRU 8   2025 2026

(Subject to Budget Availability)

Position:

Teacher Assigned – Citywide Intensive Reading Interventionist (K–8)
(One-Year Position – Commences September 2025)
(For Internal and External Candidates)

Location:

Citywide (Assignment by District)

Eligibility Requirements:

Applicants must possess a valid New York State certificate. Tenure is preferred in one of the following:

• Early Childhood Education (Birth–Grade 2)
• Childhood Education (Common Branch) (Grades 1–6)
• Literacy (Birth–Grade 6)
• Students with Disabilities (Birth–Grade 2)
• Students with Disabilities (Grades 1–6)
• English to Speakers of Other Languages (All Grades), including bilingual
• Speech and Language Disabilities (All Grades)

Selection Criteria:

• At least eight years of successful teaching experience in elementary or middle schools
• A minimum of five years of Satisfactory, Effective, or Highly Effective ratings
• Demonstrated knowledge of reading and writing acquisition and development
• Proven expertise implementing evidence-based interventions and assessments
• Success collaborating with staff on intervention implementation and assessment
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Preferred:

• Experience as a NYCPS Literacy Coach, Instructional Coordinator, or Intensive Reading Interventionist
• Knowledge of research-based approaches to reading and writing instruction
• Experience delivering evidence-based reading interventions (e.g., Wilson Reading System)
• Proficiency using Acadience Reading Benchmark and Progress Monitoring tools
• Ability to administer diagnostic assessments to identify student needs
• Understanding of the science of reading and research-based intervention practices\
• Experience conducting or participating in collaborative data meetings
• Strong ability to analyze, organize, and explain data to inform instruction

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Deliver research-based reading interventions to small groups of at-risk students four times per week
• Administer weekly progress monitoring to evaluate student response to intervention
• Analyze universal screening data three times per year with school-level teams
• Administer diagnostic assessments to students identified as at risk
• Collaborate with classroom teachers to reinforce skills beyond the intervention block
• Participate in student progress monitoring meetings and present student profiles
• Work with school and district leadership to support capacity-building in interventions
• Engage families by communicating student progress and conducting conferences
• Collaborate with district-based AIS Coordinators
• Participate in NYCPS-provided professional development
• Attend mandatory onboarding (dates to be determined)
• Travel to one or two schools per day based on supervisor assignment

Hours:

As per UFT Collective Bargaining Agreement
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday

Work Year:

School Year (September 5, 2025 – June 30, 2026) plus five additional days during winter, spring, or summer recess as determined by supervisor
Position may include up to 30 per session days during Summer 2025

Salary:

As per UFT Collective Bargaining Agreement

Application:

Submit resume and cover letter by July 8, 2025, using the following form:
https://forms.gle/xvmv1XZvNLMDofk48