Parish Episcopal School seeks an innovative and nurturing Learning Specialist-CALT to join a dedicated team. This is a part-time, 9.5-month teaching position reporting to the Director of The Gilman Study. The Learning Specialist – CALT provides Science of Reading-aligned, Multisensory Structured Language Education (MSLE) intervention for students with dyslexia and related language-based reading disorders enrolled in the Language Foundations program for lower school students. Depending on enrollment and program needs, the position may be based on one campus or split between the Midway and Hillcrest campuses, with daily travel between the two.
Essential Functions:
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Therapeutic Instruction
Serve as the teacher of record for Language Foundations classes, providing language-based therapeutic instruction grounded in the Science of Reading and MSLE.
Plan and deliver explicit, systematic instruction in key MSLE content areas, including phonology/phonological awareness, sound-symbol association, syllable instruction, morphology, syntax, and semantics/comprehension, with integrated spelling and writing.
Deliver instruction using MSLE principles, including simultaneous multisensory (VAKT), direct instruction, systematic and cumulative scope and sequence, diagnostic teaching, and both synthetic and analytic practice.
Implement an MSLE/structured literacy curriculum with fidelity (for example, Take Flight, SEE, Wilson Reading System, or a comparable program), while actively differentiating to meet varied student needs within a small group.
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Requirements
Master's degree in Special Education or a related field.
Experience working with students with dyslexia and related language-based reading disorders.
Knowledge of the Science of Reading and Multisensory Structured Language Education (MSLE) principles.
Ability to implement an MSLE/structured literacy curriculum with fidelity.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work collaboratively with teachers, staff, and parents.
Interested in this position? Submit your application to Parish Episcopal School before the deadline.
