About the Role
AIM partners with independent professionals across Texas to deliver high-quality dyslexia services in public school settings. We offer autonomy, flexible caseloads, and reliable placement support, allowing you to focus on students while we handle administrative logistics.
Responsibilities
- Plan and provide dyslexia intervention services, ensuring alignment with each student's IEP.
- Contribute to evaluations to assess students with dyslexia and support eligibility determinations for services.
- Work alongside the multidisciplinary team to advance literacy skills in students.
- Provide insight and training to school personnel to support identification and understanding of dyslexia.
- Deliver services using research-based instruction consistent with the Texas Dyslexia Handbook and applicable district dyslexia policies and procedures, typically in a small-group format.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
- Valid driver's license.
- Texas Teaching Certificate with Reading Specialist Certification, or certification in a multi-sensory structured language program for dyslexia (e.g., Wilson, Take Flight, Barton, Reading by Design, MTA).
- BLS certification required.
- Monolingual or bilingual.
- Minimum of five years teaching experience.
- Demonstrated knowledge of dyslexia and instruction of students identified with dyslexia and related disorders.
- Completed W-9 required prior to the start of services.
- Contractor is solely responsible for all federal, state, and self-employment taxes.
- Contractor maintains their own professional liability insurance.
- Contractor is responsible for keeping all required certifications and licensure current at their own expense.
- Engagement is contingent upon a satisfactory background check permitting work in a public school setting.
Skills
- Dyslexia intervention
- IEP alignment
- Student assessment
- Eligibility determination
- Literacy skill advancement
- Training school personnel
- Research-based instruction
- Texas Dyslexia Handbook
- District dyslexia policies and procedures
Location
- Texas
- Public school settings
Work Type
- Independent Contractor (1099)
- Contract
Experience Level
- Minimum of five years teaching experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Texas Teaching Certificate with Reading Specialist Certification
- Certification in a multi-sensory structured language program for dyslexia
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive contract rate
Benefits
- No employee benefits are provided, including health, dental, or vision insurance; retirement plans; disability or life insurance; or paid leave.
About the Company
- AIM (Assessment Intervention Management) partners with independent professionals across Texas to deliver high-quality dyslexia services in public school settings.
- Recognized with distinctions including Best Place to Work, Top Workplaces, Best Workplaces in Texas, and certification as a Great Place to Work.
- Reflects the collaborative, professional environment we extend to our contract clinicians and interventionists.
Equal Opportunity
- AIM provides contracting opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law, and welcomes inquiries from all qualified professionals.
