Description
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
2755 Highway 43, Kemptville, Ontario K0G 1J0
phone: 613-258-7757 toll free: 1-800-443-4562
May 6, 2025
VACANCY
OECTA - 8403
Position: Five Itinerant Reading Intervention Teachers (Term Positions) - Long Term Occasional
Location: Eastern and Western Regions
Salary: As per Collective Agreement
FTE: Five - 1.00 FTE positions
Effective: September 2, 2025 - June 25, 2026
Qualifications
- An Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) certificate, with Primary qualifications
- Specialized expertise in scientific, evidence-based systematic and explicit reading instruction that emphasizes foundational reading knowledge and skills (UFLI, Heggerty, OnLIT, etc)
- Training in providing direct Tier 2 and Tier 3 reading interventions.
- Awareness of and experience in using evidence-based assessments to inform intensity, duration and frequency of instruction, to assist the student in developing the required foundational skills.
- Expertise in a comprehensive approach to systematic and tiered literacy instruction, incorporating Universal Design for Learning and differentiated instruction at Tier 1, targeted instruction of moderate intensity in the classroom at Tier 2, and most intensive and individualized Tier 3 instruction supports.
- Experience working with teachers on monitoring progress towards improvement targets and supporting them to adapt instruction.
- Experience using inclusive instruction and early intervention strategies, including universal design for learning and differentiated instruction at Tier 1.
- Knowledge of and experience in teaching the Ontario Language curriculum.
- Extensive knowledge of instructional assessment, evaluation and reporting practices in alignment with the Institute for Catholic Education and the Ontario Ministry of Education, and Board directives;
- Demonstrated effective leadership and experience in working with Board and school teams and expertise in the planning and delivery of job-embedded teacher professional development.
- Ability to use tact, discretion and maintain information in the strictest of confidence.
- Excellent organizational, communication and coordination skills.
- Must be self-directed and detail oriented.
- A valid driver's license and access to a vehicle, and willingness to travel to rural schools across the CDSBEO are required.
Send application, including Certificate of Qualifications and resume as follows:
Permanent applicants, please email application to:
Occasional teacher/external applicants please visit:
Applications received by fax, mail, or emailed directly to individual Human Resources staff
will not be processed.
Posting closes on Tuesday May 13, 2025 at 4:00 pm.
We thank all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
The CDSBEO adheres to equitable hiring, employment and promotion practices and is committed to an inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, persons with disabilities, people from gender diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities, as well as others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
The Catholic District School Board acknowledges that our schools are located on the unceded, traditional Algonquin territory of the Anishinaabe people as well as the land of the Mohawk territory of the Haudenosaunee/Rotinonhsho'n:ni people. We respect both the land and the people of this land including all Indigenous people who have walked in this place.
Pursuant to the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, (AODA), if applicants require accommodations at any time throughout the application process, please reach prior to the posting closing date so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Summary
Under the supervision of the Principal of Special Education, the Itinerant Reading Intervention Teachers will:
- Work in small groups with students in Kindergarten to Grade 3, including but not limited to students with special education needs, who require additional support in reading as identified through early reading screening and/or other reading assessment data, using early intervention strategies.
- Provide supports including direct Tier 2 and Tier 3 reading intervention, and additional supports as required by the school or board on reading and literacy-related initiatives.
- Provide, in accordance with centrally negotiated terms (2022-2026), literacy and language curriculum instruction to students in Grade 1, Grade 2 and eligible Kindergarten classrooms while the classroom teacher administers early reading screening to individual students in the early part of the school year, per Policy/Program Memorandum 168. Each year, all students who do not meet the benchmark in the Fall screening will be screened a second time. This second screening may be administered by the specialist teacher, in accordance with collective agreements.
- Share resources and effective practices with classroom teachers lead CPLCs with school teams, as well as provide other supports required by the board related to literacy initiatives and other duties as assigned
- Work with classroom teachers to use the results of classroom assessment to continuously inform instruction.
- Collaborate with classroom educators to identify students' strengths and needs and determine appropriate interventions when applicable, including consulting and collaborating with Special Education teachers.
The Itinerant Reading Intervention Teacher will be assigned to a family of schools and work collaboratively with school teams to support the reading screening of students and reading intervention.
Qualifications
- An Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) certificate, with Primary qualifications
- Specialized expertise in scientific, evidence-based systematic and explicit reading instruction that emphasizes foundational reading knowledge and skills (UFLI, Heggerty, OnLIT, etc)
- Training in providing direct Tier 2 and Tier 3 reading interventions.
- Awareness of and experience in using evidence-based assessments to inform intensity, duration and frequency of instruction, to assist the student in developing the required foundational skills.
- Expertise in a comprehensive approach to systematic and tiered literacy instruction, incorporating Universal Design for Learning and differentiated instruction at Tier 1, targeted instruction of moderate intensity in the classroom at Tier 2, and most intensive and individualized Tier 3 instruction supports.
- Experience working with teachers on monitoring progress towards improvement targets and supporting them to adapt instruction.
- Experience using inclusive instruction and early intervention strategies, including universal design for learning and differentiated instruction at Tier 1.
- Knowledge of and experience in teaching the Ontario Language curriculum.
- Extensive knowledge of instructional assessment, evaluation and reporting practices in alignment with the Institute for Catholic Education and the Ontario Ministry of Education, and Board directives;
- Demonstrated effective leadership and experience in working with Board and school teams and expertise in the planning and delivery of job-embedded teacher professional development.
- Ability to use tact, discretion and maintain information in the strictest of confidence.
- Excellent organizational, communication and coordination skills.
- Must be self-directed and detail oriented.
- A valid driver's license and access to a vehicle, and willingness to travel to rural schools across the CDSBEO are required.
