Career Center

The Kinkaid School is seeking a dynamic, innovative Learning Specialist to join its Upper School team starting August 2023. The ideal candidate will have experience serving as a learning specialist and will have proven success assisting students with identifying and implementing effective study strategies, organizational skills, resulting in self-advocacy and overall increased achievement. This position will require regular collaboration with the Deans’ Office and other departments.  

The Kinkaid School is a co-educational non-sectarian day school enrolling over 1,400 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. Located on a sixty-five-acre campus in the heart of Houston, Texas, the School offers a thriving intellectual community in the midst of a vibrant, urban, diverse culture. With an enrollment of about 620, the Upper School fosters a learning environment centered on academic excellence, intellectual curiosity, and personal attention. The Upper School faculty enjoys small class sizes and a collegial, collaborative environment centered on intellectual curiosity and continuous professional development. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Collaborate with psychologist and learning specialist to develop plans to address individual learning styles 

• Collaborate with teachers and families to develop plans for both school and home 

• Work closely with the lead Learning Specialist to meet the varying needs of a diverse group of learners and communicate those plans to faculty

• Serve as an advisor to ten to fifteen Upper School students

• Teach academic skills, primarily to 9th and 10th graders, to increase student success in their classes

• Support the School, its mission, strategic initiatives (including DEI work), and its leadership

• Engagement in the school community by attending athletic and art events

• Additional responsibilities such as coaching a sport or sponsoring a club and participating in Interim Term during the month of January

• Collegiality and high professional standards

• The natural ability to model Kinkaid’s four core values (honesty, responsibility, respect, and kindness) in interactions with all members of the community

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and Master's degrees in related fields

• Certifications/licenses in the field

• Core knowledge about the development of upper school age children

• Passion for and experience with educational technology

• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)

• Eagerness to grow professionally and remain current within the field

• Commitment to collaboration and high ethical professional standards

About The Kinkaid School

The Kinkaid School is a co-educational non-sectarian day school enrolling 1,400 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. Located on a sixty-five-acre campus in the heart of Houston, Texas, the school offers a thriving intellectual community in the midst of a vibrant, urban, diverse culture. With an enrollment of almost 600, the Upper School fosters a learning environment centered on academic excellence, intellectual curiosity and personal attention. The Upper School faculty enjoys small class sizes and a collegial, collaborative environment centered on intellectual curiosity and continuous professional development.

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