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Posted: 17-May-22
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Type: Full Time
Required Education: 4 Year Degree
Salary: depends on experience and educ
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The Learning Specialist provides essential academic support to Episcopal students and their families so that students with learning challenges can flourish academically, socially, emotionally, and spiritually. Support from the Learning Specialist facilitates and encourages student self-advocacy, skill development, and the achievement of personal and academic goals. The Learning Specialist works in a highly collaborative environment and partners with students, parents, teachers, administration, and outside providers to effectively support students, understand individual needs, and facilitate student success. This is a full-time 10-month position.
Duties and Responsibilities
Direct Student Support
- Provide one-on-one and small-group support/instruction to students based on documented learning needs
- Identify and develop student skills and resources to maximize student success
- Support students with learning differences by providing intervention and remediation in areas such as learning strategies, organization, study skills, and overcoming academic and personal challenges
- Make appropriate referrals for students and families to tutoring and other professional service providers
- Proctor assessments as needed
- Serve as Student Services liaison to prospective new students
Additional/Administrative Responsibilities
- Partner with teachers and advisors to: 1) identify effective strategies that meet the needs of students, 2) assist with implementation of appropriate classroom and testing accommodations, and 3) provide resources, assistance, advice, and training to help faculty meet the diverse needs of learners
- Coordinate completion of teacher evaluation forms and review of completed psycho-educational evaluations with parents, students, teachers, and providers
- Create, share, and maintain accommodation plans based on psycho-educational evaluation documentation and students’ specific learning needs
- Coordinate and facilitate parent meetings and/or parent-teacher conferences as needed to discuss student progress
- Collaborate with other ESJ departments including Financial Aid and Admissions to foster a supportive student learning environment that includes appropriate accommodations
- Develop and maintain communication and documentation protocols related to academic support
- Maintain communication with outside providers as needed
- Actively participate in committee, department, and staff meetings as well as school-sponsored events that would benefit from your areas of expertise
- Support accommodations process for standardized testing from application to administration
- Remain current with accepted and appropriate instructional theory, practice and research
- Engage in regular and strategic professional development to advance the role of the Learning Specialist (including local and national seminars and conferences)
- Perform other duties as determined by the Director of Student Services
- Bachelor’s degree in exceptional education or related field from a regionally accredited college or university. Master’s degree preferred.
- At least three years of experience as a learning specialist or in a related role. Independent school experience preferred.
- Familiarity with legal responsibilities of independent schools related to accommodations.
- Ability and desire to collaborate with faculty, staff, administrators, and parents.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing.
- Positive attitude, flexible approach, and a sense of humor.