Position: Interventionist/Academic Support Teacher (Secondary)
Effective Date: ASAP
Application Deadline: March 1st, 2025
Salary: Per the OEA Master Agreement salary range $40,856 – $81,474 based on degree and experience
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The Intervention Teacher will plan, organize, and implement an appropriate instructional program in a secondary learning environment which coordinates Intervention and Academic Support Tier II and Tier III services and resources in reading and/or math for assigned students identified through the school’s Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) process and communicate with parents and classroom teachers.
- Administer assessments and/or tests for the purpose of assessing assigned students’ competency levels.
- Advise parents and/or legal guardians of student progress for the purpose of supporting teacher’s expectations, developing methods for improvement, and/or reinforcing classroom goals in the home environment.
- Monitor students’ progress on a bi-weekly basis and distribute monthly progress reports to the home.
- Develop individual student plans, soliciting and leveraging input from classroom teachers and other staff which provide targeted student assistance.
- Plan a program of academic support which meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of assigned students.
- Instruct and monitor assigned students in the locations and at the times designated.
- Deliver district approved intervention curriculum, ensuring compliance with Federal and State guidelines for grant funded academic services.
- Create and foster an environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interest of the students.
- Encourage students to set and maintain standards of classroom behavior.
- Guide the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals.
- Establish clear objectives for all lessons/projects and communicates these objectives to students.
- Evaluate pupil’s academic and social growth.
- Maintain accurate and complete records of students’ progress and development and prepare progress reports, keeping record of required documents for students on assigned caseload.
- Use relevant technology to support and differentiate instruction.
- Maintain discipline in accordance with the policies and disciplinary systems of Oscoda Area Schools.
- Update all necessary records accurately and completely as required by laws, district policies, and school regulations.
- Prepare required reports on students and activities, including, but not limited to PARs or Time Certification based on FTE/percentage of grant funding.
- Make available district provided learning materials and resources for use in educational activities
- Manage student behavior during transition times and before and after school as assigned.
- Support Paraprofessionals who have been identified to provide academic support through assistance in planning and implementing intervention lessons.
- Actively participate in a variety of district meetings including those that are mandatory.
- Demonstrate preparation and skill in working with students from diverse cultural, economic, and ability backgrounds
- Encourage parent and community involvement, obtain information for parents when requested, promptly return phone calls, and answer emails
- Participate in appropriate professional activities
- Participate in extracurricular activities such as social activities, sporting activities, club and student organizations as directed.
- Provide supervision of students, as designated and assigned.
- Act in a professional supervisory capacity when interacting with or observing students and student behavior.
- Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and a valid MI Teaching Certificate bearing a Secondary Grade Level (9-12) Endorsement
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3 years’ experience as a certified teacher in Michigan
- Master’s degree in Reading and/or Math
- Special Education Degree
Required Skills: The following is a summary of the relevant skills qualified applicants should possess to be successful in fulfilling the primary responsibilities of this position.
- Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional programs.
- Ability to plan and implement lessons based on school curriculum objectives and the needs and abilities of assigned students.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with students, peers, parents, and the community.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.
- Ability to manage time, space, and resources in an orderly and organized fashion.
- Must have the ability and proven ability to report to work on a regular and punctual basis
- Perform all other related work delegated or required to accomplish the objectives of the total school program.
- Knowledge and implementation of relevant technology.
- Meet professional teacher education requirements of the school, district, and state.
- Ability to work independently and carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices.
Questions: Should be directed to Rebecca Brooks, High School Principal at (989) 739-9121.
Apply to: All interested applicants must submit a letter of interest, résumé, list of references, plus any other supportive materials for review and consideration to:
Hiring Committee
employment@oscodaschools.org
Oscoda Area Schools
P.O. Box 694
Oscoda, Michigan 48750
(989) 739-2033 or (989) 739-2325 fax
Only applicants submitting information requested to above address will be considered.
OSCODA AREA SCHOOLS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
In compliance with Title VI, Title IX, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1975, and the Americans with Disability Act of 1990, it is the policy of the Oscoda Area Schools that no person shall, on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination during any program or activity or in employment.
The Board of Education of the Oscoda Area Schools, Iosco and Alcona Counties School District does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its education program or activity and is required by Title IX and its implementing regulations not to discriminate in such a manner. The requirement not to discriminate in its education program or activity extends to admission and employment. The District’s Title IX Coordinator(s) are:
District General Manager – (989)739-2033 – 3550 East River Road Oscoda, MI 48750 – barnhartm@oscodaschools.org
Coordinator of Compliance and Human Resources – (989)739-2033 – 3550 East River Road Oscoda, MI 48750 – frenchk@oscodaschools.org
Elementary School Principal – (989)739-9172 – 3630 East River Road Oscoda, MI 48750 – sheffera@oscodaschools.org
High School Assistant Principal – (989)739-9121 – 3550 East River Road Oscoda, MI 48750 – aldas@oscodaschools.org
Coordinator of Payroll and Community Education – (989)739-2033 – 3550 East River Road Oscoda, MI 487450 – roye@oscodaschools.org
Any inquiries about the application of Title IX and its implementing regulations to the District may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator(s), the Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or both. The Board has adopted a grievance process that provide for the prompt and equitable resolution of student and employee complaints alleging any action that is prohibited by Title IX and/or its implementing regulations. The grievance process is included in Policy 2266 – Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities, which is available at: https://www.oscodaschools.org/page/civil-rights. The grievance process specifically addresses how to report or file a complaint of sex discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of Sexual Harassment, and how the District will respond.