Reading Interventionist

Position Type:
Student Support Services/Interventionist

Date Posted:
7/9/2026

Location:
Fostering Leadership Academy

Date Available:
08/17/2026

District:
Detroit Leadership Academy
JOB TITLE: Reading Interventionist

DEPARTMENT: Academics

REPORTS TO: Principal

CLASSIFICATION: Non-Exempt

SALARY: Range at $60,000- $72,000

Who are we?

CEN is a mission and values-driven organization committed to being Child-Centered, Caring, Transformative, Accountable, and Anti-Racist.

The mission of CEN is to build a system of remarkable neighborhood schools in traditionally under-resourced communities using a trauma-informed, whole child approach to education - ensuring college, career, and life success for all children. At CEN, we believe that creating and sustaining excellent and equitable schools for all children is the most critical issue today and that high-quality education is the only way to change the life trajectory and outcomes for kids. We believe that, regardless of their zip code, our kids deserve remarkable schools.

CEN team members are steadfast in our vision to dismantle systemic educational inequities. We are committed to culturally responsive education, including systems that promote anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion.


Why Join CEN?
At CEN, we provide a wealth of professional learning, as well as opportunities for professional growth and advancement. We are committed to the health and wellness of our employees. Moreover, CEN offers one of the most comprehensive compensation and benefits packages in the city of Detroit. CEN employees earn competitive salaries and a robust benefits package, including:

• United Healthcare PPO including vision and dental with employer covering 80%
• 401K with match options
• Free Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Free Basic Life Insurance
• Free Basic AD&D
• Supplemental insurance plans available
• Wellness benefits, including up to $250 annual reimbursement
• Free State Continuing Education Clock Hours
• Paid time off, varying by role
• Performance Bonuses
• Annual Retention Bonus that grows year over year
• Free membership in employee discount program.

Who are we looking for?
We are seeking tenacious staff members who operate with empathy and will settle for nothing less than academic and life success for all students. Professionals with a passion for urban education and the city of Detroit align best with our needs and goals. Our top performers are focused on building positive relationships with students, families, and colleagues and are driven by data and student outcomes.

What are the major job responsibilities?
Prepare and teach focused reading intervention instruction in small group settings. Interventionists will learn reading strategies for teaching and supporting students in the literacy skills needed to learn to read, read to learn, and comprehend.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Teach targeted literacy intervention one-on-one and in small groups of students using research-based strategies and resources
• Collaborate with teachers to identify students' literacy needs and set learning goals and targets that will increase students' literacy growth.
• Collaboration with the Reading Intervention team, including but not limited to Reading Interventions, Lead Reading Interventionist, and Director of Intervention + Enrichment.
• Review student achievement to adjust for the needs of struggling students in appropriate reading and writing intervention.
• Meet regularly with the classroom teacher to plan and modify literacy instruction that correlates with the individual students' needs.
• Maintain and submit accurate and up-to-date management records of all students' progress.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) in education required; Masters in Curriculum or Reading preferred.
• Valid Michigan Early Childhood or Elementary Teaching Certification.
• Highly Qualified Certification.
• Minimum of three most recent consecutive years of successful reading teaching as evidenced by student data
• Experience implementing MTSS systems.
• Experience teaching students in multiple settings and styles.
• Experience working in diverse low-income communities
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Understanding of the cognitive, physiological, and psychological growth and maturational development of children.
• Understanding of how to assess students' learning needs and ability to understand and implement differentiated instruction and interventions needed to meet those needs.
• Understands literacy strategies and can apply them to teaching and learning activities across the curriculum.
• Understands and can use educational technology in and out of the classroom. Gives and receives constructive feedback appropriately
• Will successfully pass a criminal background check
• We ask our team to believe in, deliver on, and embody the following values: Be Child-Centered, Be Caring, Be Transformative, Be Accountable, and Be Anti-Racist

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

CEN does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.