Interventionist Job Description

To provide individualized and small group instruction to students

Duties of the Interventionist include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Work with individual students or small groups of students to provide educational interventions and progress monitoring
• Utilize an identification rubric to target specific students who need focused, short term intervention that is in addition to what is normally provided at the campus to students.
• Set performance goals for individual students based upon assessment data.
• Develop lessons which target the specific needs of identified students.
• Provide high quality general education instruction to students who need focused, short term intervention in reading, writing and/or mathematics.
• Develop an intervention schedule for identified students based on campus needs.
• Maintain records of interventions and progress monitoring to ensure process fidelity
• Meet with teachers to ensure that lessons for the targeted students are aligned with the classroom curriculum.
• Communicate with campus staff, network staff and parents regarding student progress.
• Evaluate student progress.
• As necessary, may provide supplemental intervention services to bilingual students.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Will monitor Dual Enrollment classes. 

 COLLABORATIVE

• Conduct small flexible groups to reinforce skills.
• Provide modeled/mini-lessons for teachers requesting support.
• Circulate room and assist students as needed.
• Provide individualized instruction as needed in all subjects (i.e. study skills, review, difficult terms, etc.)
• Plan and/or teach collaborative lessons with the teacher.
• Assist in the updating of remedial folders.

PULL-OUT

• Remediate small groups of children in reading, writing, and math.
• Assist students with content area studies as determined by the classroom teacher.
• Provide instruction at students’ instructional reading levels.
• Update remedial folders with test scores and any materials that focus on particular skills
• Model strategies that students will learn to implement independently (i.e., test-taking strategies, organizational skills, etc.)

ASSESSMENT

• Monitor all pullout students regularly with assessments.
• Assist with the administration of assessments as requested by classroom teachers and/or the Administrators whether or not students are identified as remedial.
• Be able to interpret and analyze scores and other forms of data.
• Identify remedial students through test data and set appropriate goals for them.
• Share strategies with teachers to improve test scores.
• Communicate student information to teachers in a concise and timely manner.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support all new and on-going district initiatives (i.e. reading initiatives, assessment procedures, pilot projects, summer programs, etc.)
• Share responsibilities for the completion of remedial folders.
• Assist classroom teachers and support personnel in improving instruction.
• Participate in professional development opportunities offered by the district.
• Maintain ethical and professional behavior and observe confidentiality of student information.
• Perform all other duties as assigned by the school’s principal and/or Instructional Coach.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Requires a Bachelor's degree and endorsement in the grade/subject taught with a valid Tennessee certificate
2. Must be highly qualified
3. Teacher Certification preferred
4. Governed by the Rules and Regulations of the Tennessee Code Annotated and the Tennessee Board of Education
5. Must be physically and mentally able to perform the responsibilities and duties of the position

PERFORMANCE APTITUDES:

Data Utilization: Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.

Human Interaction: Requires the ability to provide guidance, effective supervision, assistance, and/or interpretation to others regarding the application of procedures and standards to specific situations.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data, and information.

Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; the ability to calculate decimals and percentages; the ability to utilize principles of fractions; and the ability to interpret graphs.

Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems, philosophies, laws, regulations, and procedures; to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form; and to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.

Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria and the goals and priorities of planning and development programs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Light Work: may require occasional light lifting
• Nights and weekend activities will be occasionally required
• Position is in the office setting and may involve prolonged work at a desk in one location
• Moderate travel is required

Updated 02/03/2020

Memphis School of Excellence offers educational and employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, creed, age, disability, national origin, or genetic information.