READING INTERVENTION TEACHER - Full-time

Common Ground Is Seeking A Full-Time Reading Interventionist

About Common Ground High School

Common Ground High School is the nation’s longest-running environmental charter high school, founded in 1997. Our 230 students form an inclusive, powerful community of learners and leaders. These students benefit from a unique learning environment: an urban farm and 20-acre site, home to state of the art school facilities, adjacent to West Rock Ridge State Park, and located in the City of New Haven. We strive to create a learning environment grounded in foundational building blocks: rigor, responsive relationships, relevance that’s rooted in the local community and environment, and real roles & rights. Common Ground’s graduation rate consistently surpasses the state average, and between 97 and 100% of our students are accepted to college each year.

Common Ground High School is part of a community nonprofit organization that also operates an urban farm and community environmental education center. As a whole, Common Ground is a center for learning and leadership, inviting people across ages and identities to connect to their urban environment, build community, grow into their full potential, and contribute to a just and sustainable world. We work toward this mission through active, authentic learning rooted in justice and our environment: a farm, in a forest, in a city.

About the Position

We are seeking an experienced, data-driven, and compassionate educator to join our team as a Reading Interventionist. This position is a 1.0 FTE position for August 2024 through June 2025. Candidates should hold one of the following CT certifications: Reading & Language Arts Consultant (097), Remedial Reading & Remedial Language Arts (102), Special Teacher of Reading (063) or certification with an English endorsement or evidence of eligibility is required.

Salary is commensurate with Common Ground High School Educator Salary Scale. Placement on that salary scale will take prior work, relevant experience in consideration. Staff members at Common Ground are represented by UAW local 2110 with a collective bargaining agreement in progress.

The Reading Interventionist will:

• Provide reading intervention for high school students to include: re-teaching of concepts, organizational strategies, and collaboration with Language Arts teachers.

• Develop materials and lesson plans, conduct small-group instruction, and evaluate and assess student performance.

• Utilize research-based strategies and resources to ground and evaluate the intervention program at Common Ground.

• Support teachers in delivery of effective literacy strategies and instruction.

• Progress monitor student reading growth: set student goals and instructional outcomes and monitor based on student assessments in reading.

• Use assessments to diagnose reading strengths and weaknesses, and match skills with appropriate techniques.

• Prepare and maintain all records and reports

• Manage subscriptions and student licenses for intervention programs

• Promote the engagement of families in their student’s educational progress.

We are looking for Reading Interventionist candidates who demonstrate some or all of the following:

• The candidate must possess a strong knowledge base in literacy intervention and be experienced with a wide range of literacy interventions.

• Demonstrated knowledge of current trends and research related to the theory and practice of intervention in literacy.

• Prior experience working with ELL students.

• Demonstrated success in delivering effective reading intervention for middle or high school aged students.

• Ability to analyze student data to make informed recommendations for literacy instruction.

• Demonstrated success of managing student behavior and classroom routines to maximize learning time and create a positive classroom environment.

• Prior experience and positive record of collaborating with school staff.

• Knowledge of trauma-informed instruction and possesses a belief that all students can learn and be successful.

• A passion for our social justice mission and commitment to equitable and sustainable change

We are also excited to consider candidates who have:

• Values and embraces collaboration, communication, and has capacity to work effectively within a team that includes multiple teachers and community partners.

• Experience working directly with racially, economically, academically diverse high school aged young people, and with low-income young people and people of color in particular. Knowledge about and passion for working for an organization that is committed to social justice, the dismantling of systems of oppression, and creating a just, equitable, and inclusive culture.

• Experience working with Google applications, online course management platforms, and other online learning tools.

Please send cover letter and resume to:

Please submit your cover letter and resume through our ADP online portal or email them to applications(a)commongroundct.org Please specify the job you are applying for in the subject line of your email.

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