Dyslexia Specialist

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Dyslexia Specialist delivering virtual structured literacy and reading intervention for Texas Sports Academy student-athletes. Monitoring progress, coordinating accommodations, and supporting families across the online K-12 learning environment.

Responsibilities:

  • Deliver one-on-one and small-group structured literacy sessions over video using an evidence-based approach tailored to each student's profile
  • Support students with decoding, fluency, spelling, and reading comprehension
  • Adjust instruction based on student progress
  • Use running records, curriculum-based measures, and other reading assessments to monitor growth
  • Adjust instructional plans on a regular cadence
  • Collaborate with academic guides and athletic coaches to apply accommodations and strategies consistently
  • Provide parents with regular updates on strategies, progress, and next steps
  • Coach parents on reinforcing reading work at home
  • Help students use text-to-speech, audiobooks, and other tools effectively
  • Ensure classroom accommodations translate into the online learning environment

Requirements:

  • Direct experience supporting students with dyslexia or related reading differences, with specific examples of reading gains achieved
  • Completed training in Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, LETRS, or a comparable structured literacy program
  • Ability to use structured literacy methods in day-to-day practice
  • Ability to interpret student assessment data and identify appropriate instructional next steps
  • Ability to communicate instructional plans clearly to parents and staff
  • Understanding of competitive youth athletics and ability to build trust with student-athletes
  • Bachelor's degree in education, special education, reading, speech-language pathology, or a related field
  • Must be based remotely in the U.S.
  • Bonus: virtual experience teaching, tutoring, or supporting children
  • Bonus: CALT, CALP, or comparable certification in dyslexia intervention
  • Bonus: personal or professional experience in competitive athletics
  • Bonus: bilingual English/Spanish ability