WAYLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR

 

JOB POSTING

 

Title: 0.5 FTE Reading Specialist 

 

Position Summary: Wayland Public Schools is seeking a dedicated and nurturing Reading Specialist to join our team. This role is ideal for an educator who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about supporting the academic, social, and emotional growth of our youngest learners.  

 

Duties and Responsibilities (Not limited to): 

• Supports students in grades K–4 in building strong foundational reading skills, fluency, and comprehension. 


• Provides both push-in and pull-out instruction, working in close collaboration with classroom educators, multilingual educators, and special educators to address the diverse needs of learners. 


• Uses data-informed instruction and evidence-based practices to ensure every child has access to equitable, engaging, and joyful literacy experiences. 


• Apply expert knowledge of reading instruction and evidence-based practices.


• Support classroom teachers with small-group instruction and targeted intervention.


• Use assessment data to inform instructional decisions and adjust practices to meet diverse student needs.


• Choose and implement appropriate decodable texts to strengthen foundational skills.


• Promote literacy instruction that is inclusive, equitable, and responsive to students’ cultural and linguistic backgrounds.


• Coach or support classroom teachers in effective literacy practices.
  
  

 

Qualifications and Requirement:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in Reading or Literacy preferred.


• Experience: Recent, supervised experience within the last five years as a teacher, student teacher, intern, or apprentice at the elementary level.


• Cultural Competency: Experience with diverse populations and a strong commitment to Wayland’s goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  
  


• DESE Licensure:  Massachusetts Reading Specialist licensure required or in process.
  SEI Endorsement: Evidence of Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement is mandatory.

 

Salary Range: Commensurate with the WEA Unit A Salary Scale Example: Master’s through Master’s +30 range $95,754 - $126,651 

 

Work Schedule: 2026–2027 School Year; school-year schedule in alignment with the WEA contract Unit A 

 

Wayland Public Schools (WPS) provides a desirable benefits package for full-time employees which include: health, employer sponsored Health Savings Account, dental, vision, long-term disability, life insurance, 403(b), Dependent Care Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, and participation in retirement pension boards.

WPS is an equal opportunity employer committed to the fullest extent to the principle of the dignity of all people and of their labors and will take action to ensure that any individual within the District who is responsible for hiring and/or personnel supervision understands that applicants are employed, assigned, and promoted without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, ancestry, military status, disability or pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition. Every available opportunity will be taken in order to assure that each applicant for a position is selected on the basis of qualifications, merit and ability. WPS is proudly a member district of the Massachusetts Partnership for Diversity in Education dedicated to creating an inclusive, supportive and equitable educational community. WPS encourages candidates of all backgrounds and seeks applicants who prioritize and value diversity, equity, and belonging.