Educational Specialist / Literacy Interventionist

Cristo Rey San José Jesuit High School is hiring for a full-time Science teacher for the 2023-2024 school
year. The position will be teaching 5 sections in the Science department. All teachers will be granted a
standard prep period plus additional prep time due to our unique Corporate Work Study Program.

MISSION STATEMENT
Cristo Rey is a Jesuit, Catholic high school that empowers students from underserved communities in San
José to be men and women for others who are prepared spiritually, academically, and professionally to
complete college and who will become accomplished leaders committed to a lifelong pursuit of learning,
faith, and justice.

PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND VALUES - VISION FOR EDUCATORS:
Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School teachers will consistently work as a team to model and help all
students reach the characteristics of the Cristo Rey San Jose Graduate at Graduation: loving, open to
growth, committed to faith, striving for justice, and intellectually and professionally engaged. This
includes:

1. Personally modeling and simultaneously empowering students to live out Ignatian values of faith,
service, and commitment to social justice.

2. Instilling in students the growth mindset of the harder you work, the more your intelligence grows
3. Promoting and assessing student ownership of learning by developing students’ self-discipline, study

skills, persistence, and delayed gratification
4. Fostering a classroom culture of respect, honesty, and integrity
5. Developing meaningful opportunities in class for student leadership and growth of self confidence
6. Incorporating reading and writing skills daily
7. Creating opportunities for students to utilize complex reasoning strategies and problem solving skills
8. Consistently engages in work with positivity and adapts to the student and institutional needs with

openness
9. Reinforcing professionalism and Corporate Work Study Program skills like precision and accuracy,

computing, and time management
10. Teaching key content knowledge for given subject

Position Summary:
The literacy interventionist is a Tier 2 intervention for students who have been identified as needing
intensive behavioral and/or academic support. This role provides individualized support and case
management services to targeted students, in order to help them achieve academic success in all subject
areas; plans and provides for appropriate learning experiences for students with disabilities in a variety of
educational settings; is responsible for creating a flexible program and learning environment that provides
specialized instruction for students with disabilities, such that the students benefit from the general
education curriculum to the greatest extent possible when supported with supplemental aids,

accommodations, and other needed supports. The Education Specialist provides instructional direct
services within the general education classroom and provides indirect services to the general education
teacher.

CORE Vocabulary Screener, and the Scholastic Reading Inventory, to determine students’ literacy
needs

• Confer one-on-one with intervention students to set individualized goals and create action plans

to meet them

• Provide 1:1 and small-group instruction/intervention students to support the development of their

academic habits and literacy skills – can be pull-out support or push-in

• Collaborate with content-area teachers to tailor instruction to their classes, receive input on

student progress in their classes, and share student strengths, areas of need, and potentially useful
strategies for supporting students in a classroom setting

• Monitor student progress and confer with students one-on-one about ongoing progress
• Use a variety of assessments to measure student growth
• Manage a caseload of no more than 58 students (no more than 15 students per grade)
• Communicate with students’ families about student progress, strengths, needs, and individualized

plans for academic support to nurture a supportive and cooperative relationship between home
and school

• Teach a class focused on the development of general academic skills, such as: goal-setting,

creating and implementing a plan, self-control, emotional self-regulation, staying focused,
organizing one’s time and physical materials

as a chaperone/leader of field trips, immersion experiences, retreats, Christian Service
opportunities, and other activities.

• Serve as a morning, break, lunch, or afterschool prefect approximately 2 times per week.
• Understand and appreciate the developmental and educational benefits of the school’s Corporate

school’s belief in cura personalis, or “care for the whole individual.” Makes referrals to school
leaders and counseling teams to identify and support students who are struggling behaviorally or
emotionally.

• Participate in departmental and grade-level meetings to coordinate curriculum across the content

area and better understand student needs.

• Communicate regularly with parents/families to share academic progress and develop a

supportive home-school relationship.

• Host office hours during the day, supporting struggling learners or offering learning extensions

for students.

Organization-wide Learning & Development
Understand your own teaching practice as developmental. Tap into available resources from

collaborating with colleagues to analyze student work and teaching practice. Help to create a
reflective learning organization for both students and adults. Serve as a catalyst for improvement
in your own classroom and school-wide.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Participate in the school’s Adult Faith Formation program, committing to living and supporting

the Catholic, Jesuit mission of the school through continuous spiritual and personal growth and by
serving as a leader of faith, service, and justice for our students.

• Other duties as assigned by the Principal or the Supervisor.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree with relevant major, Master’s degree, Teaching Credential, or professional

requirements

SALARY AND COMPENSATION
Range between $67,601 and $130,349 on a salary schedule based on education and years of

experience. Full time employees are eligible for the following benefits: medical, dental, vision,
and retirement. Employees’ premiums are covered for medical, dental and vision at 100% and
dependents at 50% if elected. This position is eligible for enrollment in the group voluntary
retirement plan – 403b.

• Contract is 10 months.

TO APPLY
Send resumé, cover letter, and application questions to Christina Dickson, Director of Human Resources
at hr@cristoreysj.org. Accepting applications until position is filled.

Application questions:
1. Why do you feel called to work at Cristo Rey San José Jesuit High School?
2. How will you model the Mission and Vision of Cristo Rey San José Jesuit High School?
3. How do you measure your students’ success?
4. What does justice and equity in the classroom look like to you?

NON-DISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY
Cristo Rey San Jose is dedicated to both the letter and the spirit of the equal employment opportunity
laws. Employment decisions will not be made on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry,
physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex (including pregnancy,
childbirth, or related medical conditions), age or sexual orientation, military or veteran status or political
affiliation. Employment decisions based on religious preferences and other religious needs may be made
in accordance with applicable law. Cristo Rey also prohibits discrimination on the basis of these
protected classifications.