Part-Time Reading Clinic Director
Description
Job Title: Part-Time Reading Clinic Director
Location: Remote/Virtual
Reports to: CEO
Terms: Part Time (15 hours per week with pathway to Full Time)
Salary/Rate: Commensurate with experience
Start Date: February 2025
Requirements: Must be able to work between the hours of 10a-6p M-T (ET) during the school year.
About Joy Education:
Joy Education is a mission-driven organization advancing literacy equity for neurodiverse, linguistically, and culturally diverse learners. Through our innovative Virtual Teaching Clinic and Virtual Reading Clinic, we provide evidence-based interventions, professional development for educators, and meaningful engagement with families and communities. Operating remotely, we partner with schools, community organizations, libraries educators, and families across the United States, delivering scalable solutions that create measurable impact.
Overview:
We are seeking a forward-thinking, tech-savvy Reading Clinic Director to lead our Virtual Clinics and spearhead a summer pilot expansion and training intensive. This role combines structured literacy expertise, adult learning facilitation, family engagement, and cross-functional leadership within a dynamic, tech startup culture. The position is phased, evolving into a full-time leadership role as Joy Education grows its impact.
Responsibilities
Phase 1: Contractor (Day 1-90, 15 hours/week)
Virtual Clinic Leadership: Establish and oversee operations for the Virtual Teaching Clinic and Virtual Reading Clinic, ensuring instructional quality and student progress.
Direct Student Support: Manage a small caseload of 5–10 students, providing tailored, evidence-based literacy interventions to support neurodiverse, linguistically, and culturally diverse learners.
Curriculum Adoption: Evaluate, implement, and refine research-based curriculum materials to meet diverse learner needs.
Assessment & Progress Monitoring: Use tools such as DIBELS and STAR to assess student progress and adapt instruction accordingly.
Professional Learning & Coaching: Facilitate adult learning experiences, including professional learning communities for educators and ongoing mentorship for staff.
Phase 2: Part-Time Role (Day 90-180, 20 hours/week)
Summer Pilot Expansion: Lead a summer pilot program focused on scaling the Virtual Reading Clinic to new sites and communities.
Training Intensive: Design and deliver an intensive training program for educators and clinic staff, preparing them to deliver high-quality instruction and support.
Systems Design: Develop scalable systems to manage operations, student progress, and educator support during and beyond the pilot.
Tech-Driven Solutions: Leverage digital tools to optimize virtual learning experiences and streamline clinic operations.
Phase 3: Full Leadership Role (Day 180-365) Pathway to Full-Time)
Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate with product, outreach, and operations teams to scale Virtual Clinics and expand Joy Education’s reach.
Strategic Growth: Drive the expansion of Joy Education’s programs, aligning product development, community outreach, and operational systems with organizational goals.
Team Leadership: Oversee educators, staff, and partnerships, cultivating a collaborative, mission-driven culture.
Community Partnerships: Strengthen and grow partnerships with schools, districts, and community organizations to increase impact and sustainability.
Account Management: Manage success, impact and renewal of virtual reading clinic partnerships
Qualifications
Educational Background: Masters Degree preferred. Certification as a Reading Specialist or related field (ex. Multilingual Specialist, Dyslexia Certification, Curriculum and Instruction)
Experience:
Expertise in structured literacy instruction and MTSS frameworks
Demonstrated track record moving students to become proficient readers
Supporting neurodiverse, linguistically, and culturally diverse learners.
Designing and facilitating adult learning and professional development.
Engaging families and communities to support literacy initiatives.
Administering and interpreting DIBELS, STAR, and other literacy assessments.
Skills:
Proficiency with digital platforms and virtual learning tools.
Strong adult culture leadership
Strong family and community engagement skills
Strong leadership, organizational, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Exceptional communication and relationship-building capabilities.
Thrives in a fast-paced, tech-driven, startup environment.
Compensation & Growth
Phase 1: Contractor (15 hours per week, project-based).
Phase 2: Part-time role (20 hours per week) leading the summer pilot expansion and training intensive.
Phase 3: Pathway to full-time leadership, focused on scaling systems, team development, and cross-functional collaboration.
How We Work
We use an Orton Gillingham-based, structured-literacy approach to working with students to build word recognition, fluency, and overall comprehension skills.
Teaching Fellows complete our structured literacy program that is IDA-accredited and includes diagnostic, explicit, systematic, and cumulative courses that help unlock each child's deep reading brain through a culturally and linguistically preserving lens.
Passing this final, comprehensive exam and obtaining the program certificate allows Teaching Fellows to sit for the KPEERI exam and, upon successful completion of the KPEERI, apply for the Structured Literacy Classroom Teacher (SLCT) Knowledge Certificate through CERI.
We use Dibels Oral Reading Fluency and an Informal Decoding Inventory (STAR Phonics) to understand student strengths and opportunities in reading. We design individual learning plans based on that data.
Students meet with teaching fellows online via Google Meet 3 times a week for 20-30 minutes, accessed via our online platform
We use a Virtual Professional Learning Community model to build familiarity with Joy Education digital curriculum via practice.
Students work with consistent teaching fellows, after school (3p-8:30p EDT) during homework help or rotation blocks for 12 weeks at a time (M-TH)
We prioritize relationships and use a culturally responsive, identity-centered approach to build student confidence in reading and love of learning.
We keep track of student engagement and growth in fluency. We share that data with families, schools, and community partners
We provide our digital curriculum for free to families for extra practice at home
How To Apply:
To apply, please submit the following:
Resume detailing your relevant experience.
Video Sample: Please share a sample teaching video link (5-10 min)
Guidance for teaching video: we’d love to see you in action with learners, teaching any content that demonstrates your ability to build rapport and engage them using a learning strategy.
Learn more about Joy Education Foundation via our website: www.joyeducation.org
