Educational Consultant – Pittsburgh

Step By Step Learning®, a unique organization is looking for Great Teachers…

We focus our attention and research on evidence based solutions that provide schools with a comprehensive analysis and plan that will deliver positive academic improvement for all students. At Step By Step Learning® we exhibit a passion in our mission to increase academic achievement and help children learn to read…and become successful.

We need special people to contribute as part of an intervention team which will deliver literacy training to schools using the latest scientifically-based reading research results through the use of assessment, professional development and classroom coaching. It is imperative that we halt student learning loss and begin to close the academic gaps that trouble so many students.

Hiring Locations – EVERYWHERE!

Travel will be required.

To meet this challenge, we have the following pre hiring requirements:

• Training in Orton-Gillingham, Orton-Gillingham Certified Trainers, LETRS® and LETRS®  Certified Trainers,  or Lindamood-Bell® within the last ten years and can provide examples of your knowledge, is a MUST have.
• Knowledge and experience with assessment screeners such as Acadience®-formerly DIBELS® Next, AimsWeb®, NWEA or STAR Reading® within the past five years.
• Candidates must possess the ability to maintain a regional travel schedule that sometimes requires overnight stays depending on your residence location. You will be required to service schools in either the Lehigh Valley OR Pittsburgh OR Ohio OR Colorado area depending on the location of your residence. All travel related expenses are covered by SBSL.
• 5 – 7 years teaching experience requested.
• The ability to obtain, free of any violations, Criminal Background Checks and Child Abuse Clearances
• A valid driver’s license.
• Master’s Degree (or progress toward a Degree) in education, special education, speech & language or a reading related field.
• Consulting and/or training experience in the design and delivery of face-to-face or facilitator-led workshops or presentations is a plus.
• A working knowledge of Virtual learning products such as ZOOM, Google Tools, Microsoft Office and Excel is necessary.
• Facilitation skills, in addition to professionalism and creativity.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Principal or any Administrative experience is a plus

Your Challenging Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:  

• Deliver professional development solutions using adult learning methodologies in a training environment to our Client teachers.
• Provide ongoing coaching and mentoring to teachers and administrators to impact student achievement throughout the school year.
• Advise teachers and school administrators as to their “next steps” to attain a higher level of student achievement.
• Provide reports and documentation detailing student progress.
• Consulting and/or training experience in the design and delivery of face-to-face or facilitator-led workshops or presentations is a plus.
• A working knowledge of Virtual products such as Zoom, Google Tools, Microsoft Office and Excel is necessary.
• Facilitation skills, in addition to professionalism and creativity.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.  

Your Additional Duties and Responsibilities include:  

• Cultivate and maintain relationships with our SBSL team, our Clients and partners.
• Understand and implement the work provided by leading Reading Research Professionals from around the nation.
• Support client schools and promote student success and reading achievement at local conferences.

So what’s in it for you?…

The challenge of a lifetime!  The opportunity to contribute to helping children in ways you did not think possible.  Imagine your newfound ability to challenge a school to attain 90% of children achieving the standards and being the catalyst in getting them there. We provide ongoing professional development in reading literacy at the highest levels, process consulting, leadership and business development.

Your Salary will range and will be commensurate depending on your experience and qualifications. A career with SBSL also includes a full benefit package that includes additional performance bonus opportunities, healthcare, vacation and accrued sick time plus a company matching 401K retirement plan.  If you are qualified, we can’t wait to meet you!

About Organization

Step By Step Learning® is a K-12 educational consulting company that is intently focused on what works in teaching reading, writing and spelling. We assist school districts to implement the best and most effective practices to accelerate children to reading at grade level. We integrate ALL educators as stakeholders - administrators, teachers, reading specialists - to create a team-based solution for helping all students become successful readers.

Our intervention and instructional process delivers increased student achievement through professional development combined with a strong element of job-embedded modeling and coaching with everyone involved in the students’ education. In fact, our methodologies and processes have expanded to fully support all layers of literacy instruction, aimed at improving teacher effectiveness, building instructional leaders, making curriculum decisions, and managing the classroom – everything that surrounds and supports effective and impactful literacy instruction.

We take the best-of-the-best scientifically proven practices in all areas of literacy education and training to create a personalized, in-classroom process. We assess where you are, we coach and develop teachers, we benchmark progress along the way, and we train a community of teachers, learners, administrators, and parents. We understand that everyone grows and develops at different rates so our coaching and modeling is designed to support the individual so that everyone achieves the goal. Our approach is comprehensive and measurably successful.