Seven Hills Foundation

Teacher - Literacy Specialist

Type
Temporary Part-Time
Job ID
35642
Schedule
Twelve instructional hours on site, schedule to be negotiated with individual site. The remaining three planning hours can be on site or remote.
Location : Address
799 West Boylston St

Overview

Core Values


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
  • 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, reading
    with 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 to
    identify 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.

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