Reading Teacher

Salary :

$41,000 - 43,000 yearly

Company : First Trinity Academy

Job Type : Full Time

Leesburg, Fl 34748

Job Description - Reading Teacher

Benefits:

Competitive salary

Opportunity for advancement

Training & development

Benefits/Perks

Competitive Compensations

Career Advancement Opportunities

Great Work Environment

We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Reading Teacher to join our elementary school faculty. The ideal candidate will provide targeted reading instruction to students in grades K–5, assess reading levels, and support the development of strong literacy skills through engaging, evidence-based teaching practices. This role plays a vital part in helping students build a lifelong foundation in reading fluency, comprehension, and critical thinking

Responsibilities:

Provide direct reading instruction to individuals and small groups based on students’ assessed needs.

Develop and implement differentiated lesson plans aligned with state standards and school curriculum.

Assess students regularly using formal and informal tools (e.g., running records, phonics assessments, comprehension checks) and adjust instruction accordingly.

Monitor and document student progress, maintaining accurate and up-to-date records.

Collaborate with classroom teachers to support literacy instruction across the curriculum.

Participate in data meetings, IEP/504 meetings, and student support teams as needed.

Engage parents and guardians in the literacy development of their children through communication and resources.

Maintain a positive, structured, and inclusive classroom environment.

Participate in professional development and implement best practices in reading instruction.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Education, Reading, Literacy, or related field (Master’s degree preferred). State teaching certification is not required, but it is preferred.

Minimum of 2 years of experience teaching reading or literacy at the elementary level.

Strong knowledge of phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension instruction.

Familiarity with diagnostic reading assessments and intervention strategies preferred

Excellent communication, organization, and classroom management skills.

Compensation: $41,000.00 - $43,000.00 per year

Innovators In Education

Our education vision as a school is to equip our pupils with the skills and mindset to thrive in the academic realm for the remainder of the educational career. We foster enthusiastic learners prepared to engage in their intellectual, emotional, and physical development.

To educate all pupils to the highest levels of academic achievement, to enable them to reach and expand their potential, and to prepare them to become productive, responsible, ethical, creative and compassionate members of society.

We strive to consciously create an environment of respect and inclusion and to support ethnic and socio-economic diversity among all the constituencies of the school. We strive to support this environment by building a more inclusive curriculum, addressing a range of learning styles, offering a wide array of diversity efforts and programs, and by participating in the wider community.

First Trinity Academy empowers all of our pupils to embrace learning, achieve their personal best and build their emotional, social and physical well-being. Our vision is to empower pupils to acquire, demonstrate, articulate and value knowledge and skills that will support them, as lifelong learners, to participate in and contribute to the global world and practice the core values of the school: respect, tolerance and excellence.

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