Reading Specialist

Redwood Literacy is growing our In-Person Learning Centers teams and invite you to join us! We are looking for Certified Dyslexia Specialists ready to make a life changing impact for kids in their own community, working alongside a mission aligned team that is creative, optimistic, and rooted in evidence-based practice. Redwood provides a welcoming learning environment for kids and instructors, a manager who handles enrollment and billing logistics, and all the materials you need to teach. If you want to strip away the noise and focus on what you do best, teach, this is the place for you. Who We Are Redwood Literacy is a specialized education company transforming outcomes for students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and other learning differences. We are a Stanford Tutoring Program Design Badge recipient, one of only 37 nationwide. We have served 3,500+ students across 22 states. Last school year, 100% of our students improved their DIBELS 8 composite score, growing 29% faster than the national average. Our Instructors deliver reading and writing intervention to students individually and in small groups, using evidence-based methods including the Wilson Reading System®, EBLI, UFLI, SEE, and Writing Our World™. We are boutique, trust driven, and treat every family as VIP. The Opportunity Redwood spent eight years building deep roots in the Rogers Park, Chicago community through our inaugural In-Person Learning Center. Last year we opened a Learning Center in Lincoln Park, Chicago, and this school year we are opening three more. Every one of these locations hosted a summer literacy intensive in 2026, so each center already has a student and parent community coming back this fall, ready to dive in. We are hiring because we are growing. Our centers are bright, welcoming, beautiful spaces. They are a safe place for kids to land after school, and a place you will actually enjoy working in, alongside colleagues instead of alone at a kitchen table. You walk in, you teach, you check in with your peers, and you go home. Enrollment, invoicing, and building logistics are not yours to carry. If your cup is filled by watching students rebuild confidence and parents regain hope, and you want to keep growing as a professional, keep reading. Schedule Start date: Mid to late September Small group sessions: Monday - Thursday from 4:15 to 5:30pm and 5:30 to 6:45pm (Fridays are optional) Individual sessions: any time between 7am and 7pm, depending on your schedule and the family's. You are not working that full window; our sessions simply run throughout the day. Daytime hours can grow over time, pending your preference and enrollment, most often through individual sessions. Nothing to commit to now, but the opportunity is there and you have full autonomy over your schedule. What You Will Own Teaching small groups of four to five students, using evidence-based literacy curricula including the Wilson Reading System®, EBLI, UFLI, SEE, and Writing Our World™ Tracking each student's progress and individualizing instruction, so every student gets both academic and social emotional growth Building genuine relationships with your students and their families, so every family feels like VIP Showing up as a creative, optimistic, mission aligned member of the team Partnering with your Redwood manager on caseload, materials, and logistics, so you can stay focused on instruction Who You Are A certified teacher or special education teacher with certification or training in dyslexia, dysgraphia, or dyscalculia Obsessed with student growth. You read the data and change your instruction because of it Convinced by the small group model, both its effectiveness for kids and the camaraderie it creates Available afternoons and early evenings, Monday through Thursday, across the full school year A team player who wants people around you, not isolation, and who would rather focus on kids than administrative burden What We Offer Hourly rate starts at $50/hour depending on your background and experience, and that rate covers lesson prep and parent communication Family reporting handled for you. We build the monthly email updates and quarterly data reports from your student data, so parents get quality updates and you are not writing them from scratch A Redwood manager who handles materials, caseload, and site logistics, and who you can bring every question to Time together as a team to celebrate student growth, new openings, and events (attendance is optional) Autonomy over your schedule, room to grow, and the ability to lock in your spot for as long as you like, as long as your students are growing Redwood's brand, curriculum, and eight years of proven systems A larger movement, helping parents regain hope that their kids can reach their academic goals and helping students believe in themselves #J-18808-Ljbffr Redwood Literacy