<p>POSITION TITLE: 1.0 FTE Literacy Specialist (2025-2026 school year)</p> <p>FLSA: Exempt</p> <p>Reports to: K-5 Literacy Department Head & Building Principal</p> <p>Terms of Employment: To cover a leave of absence for the 2025-2026 school year.</p> <p>184 day work year. Benefits and salary in accordance with the LEA Unit A collective bargaining agreement. K-5 Department, current location is at Hastings Elementary.</p> <p>August 25, 2025 start date. Unit A 25-26 Salary Range</p> <p>JOB GOAL:</p> <p>The literacy specialist facilitates the Lexington elementary literacy program. This includes providing literacy interventions, coaching and collaborating with teachers, planning and facilitating professional development, and collaborating with department colleagues.</p> <p>ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:</p> <ul> <li>Provide research-based, direct instruction in small intervention groups to at-risk students. </li><li>Work collaboratively with the school-wide team on the appropriate use of data in making educational decisions. </li><li>Facilitate the coordination of school-wide and individual student progress monitoring data. </li><li>Facilitate and/ or provide professional learning experiences for teachers. </li><li>Collaborate with building administration and teacher teams to review student data </li></ul> <p>OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:</p> <ul> <li>Exhibit dependability and punctuality in assigned duties. </li><li>Strive to improve professional competence. </li><li>Display appropriate personal and professional traits that exhibit a positive role model for students. </li><li>Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities. </li><li>Strive to achieve the objectives and expectations of the Teacher Performance Evaluation Plan. </li><li>Maintain a caseload of students receiving instructional interventions as determined by building administration. </li><li>Attend Intervention Specialist meetings and share pertinent information with building administration and teams. </li></ul> <p>QUALIFICATIONS:</p> <ul> <li>Appropriate MA DESE licensure in Reading, all grade levels </li><li>Master's degree in Specialist teacher of Reading, Language and Literacy, English Language Arts Curriculum, and/or English as a Second Language, preferred. </li><li>Leadership and organizational qualities that include the ability to facilitate teams, communicate collaboratively, coach, train and lead others, and coordinate data. </li><li>Working knowledge and understanding of the Response to Intervention (RtI) process, at-risk supports, and literacy development. </li></ul> <p>PHYSICAL DEMANDS:</p> <p>The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.</p> <p>The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.</p> <p>Experience and commitment to working in a racially and culturally diverse teaching and learning community.</p> <p>Applicants for employment are considered without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, or military status.</p>