Dyslexia Specialist

🕒 July 27

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Texas Sports Academy

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2 - 10 employees

📚 Education

⚽ Sports

Education • Sports

Texas Sports Academy is a private, Texas-based elite sports academy and accelerated school for student-athletes that combines AI-powered, mastery-based academic instruction with professional-level athletic training and life-skills development. Students complete core academics in a focused two-hour morning block using personalized, AI-driven learning, then spend afternoons (noon–4pm) training with former professional athletes and coaches while receiving instruction in leadership, financial literacy, NIL prep, and content creation. The organization operates multiple Texas locations (Carrollton, Houston, Plano), emphasizes faster academic mastery and athletic development for grades ~3–11, and positions itself as an alternative to traditional full-day schooling for serious student-athletes.

📋 Description

• Structured Literacy Instruction: Deliver one-on-one and small-group sessions over video using an evidence-based, structured literacy approach tailored to each student's profile. • Individual Student Support: Work directly with students on decoding, fluency, spelling, and reading comprehension, adjusting instruction based on how each student is progressing. • Progress Monitoring: Use running records, curriculum-based measures, and other reading assessments to track growth and adjust plans on a regular cadence. • Partner With Guides and Coaches: Collaborate with academic guides and athletic coaches so accommodations and strategies are applied consistently across a student's academic day. • Parent Communication: Provide regular updates to parents on strategies, progress, and next steps, and coach parents on how to reinforce reading work at home. • Platform and Accommodation Support: Help students use text-to-speech, audiobooks, and other tools effectively, and make sure classroom accommodations translate into the online learning environment.

🎯 Requirements

• Direct Experience Supporting Students With Dyslexia: You have worked with students who have dyslexia or related reading differences and can point to specific examples of the reading gains you helped them achieve. • Training in Structured Literacy: You have completed training in Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, LETRS, or a comparable structured literacy program, and you use those methods in your day-to-day practice. • Assessment and Planning Skills: You can read a student's assessment data, identify the right instructional next step, and communicate that plan clearly to parents and staff. • Comfortable in an Athletic Environment: You understand the demands of competitive youth athletics and can build trust with student-athletes who are already managing a lot. • Bachelor's Degree: In education, special education, reading, speech-language pathology, or a related field. • Location: Remote (U.S.) • Bonus Points • Virtual Experience With Kids: You have taught, tutored, or supported students in a fully remote setting and know how to keep engagement high through a screen. • Certified Academic Language Therapist or Equivalent: CALT, CALP, or comparable certification in dyslexia intervention. • Background in Sports or Athletics: Personal or professional experience in competitive athletics. • Bilingual (English/Spanish): Ability to communicate with Spanish-speaking families.