Duties
Essential Functions:
Instructional Design and Delivery
- Develops targeted intervention lessons aligned to Illinois Learning Standards and district curriculum.
- Selects and adapts instructional strategies and resources based on student needs.
- Provides explicit instruction in reading, writing, speaking, and language skills.
- Including the design and implementation of specific units of study based on specific skill deficits.
Assessment and Progress Monitoring
- Administers, scores, and interprets diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments.
- Uses assessment data to adjust instruction, identify learning gaps, and document student progress.
- Determines entry and exit criteria for interventions.
Differentiation and Individualization
- Designs interventions that are scaffolded and tailored to specific skill deficits.
- Adjusts pacing, materials, and instructional methods to meet diverse learner needs.
Professional Judgment and Decision-Making
- Determines when to intensify, modify, or discontinue interventions based on data.
- Recommends next instructional steps within MTSS frameworks.
- Identifies students who may need further evaluation for special education.
Standards and Compliance
- Ensures instruction is aligned to Illinois Learning Standards.
- Maintains documentation required for accountability, progress monitoring, and reporting.
- Participates in data team meetings, IEP meetings, and MTSS problem-solving teams as needed.
Collaboration and Leadership
- Collaborates with classroom teachers to coordinate interventions with core instruction and make recommendations on accommodations.
- Evaluates intervention resources and makes recommendations for adoption.
- Communicates academic progress and strategies to parents/guardians.
- Provides input on literacy curriculum and professional development.
Additional Functions:
- Assist school personnel in recognizing unmet needs of students by providing consultation and/or in-service experiences to school personnel, parents and students.
- Assist in developing resources to resolve problems and interface these with school and community needs.
- Other duties as assigned.