Learning Specialist  

Anticipated hiring: August 13, 2025

Westminster School, one of the leading small independent boarding schools in the country, is a diverse, co-educational high school, a close-knit community of 95 faculty and 420 students (75 percent boarding, 25 percent day students) set on a 200-acre campus in Simsbury, Connecticut. Since its founding in 1888, Westminster School has been committed to the core values of community, character, balance and involvement. Our motto – virtute et numine – by grit and grace – defines and distinguishes the Westminster experience, our community and our alumni.

Reporting to the Director of Academic Support and Academic Dean, the Learning Specialist position will work closely with students and faculty advisors alike to carry out the duties listed below. This includes collaboration with other members of the academic support team to facilitate the development of academic skills of individual students.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide specialized support for executive function skill development and quantitative tasks based on individual student's specific needs and learning profiles in the Academic Support Program.
• Implement intervention and advising strategies for teachers and students alike.
• Communicate accommodations and establish positive working relationships with classroom teachers, advisors, admissions, outside tutors, and other support staff members to ensure collaborative effort.
• Serves as contact for the student’s parents to discuss academic challenges, annual goals for the student and update student progress each trimester. Ensure the student and their family know the accommodations that Westminster honors and encourage advocacy with teachers.
• Assist as needed in reviewing and summarizing accommodation plans for students. 
• Create a weekly student update and forward it to the students and advisor. 
• Set short- and long-term goals with each student so they can have the skills foundation they need to work independently over time.
• Help schedule and coordinate the Peer Tutoring Program.
• Attend PPT meetings with the Simsbury School District if the Director of Academic Support is unavailable.
• Coordinate and help teach Learning Theories classes.
• Carry out necessary boarding school duties that could include teaching, coaching, and evening/weekend duties.

A bachelor’s degree is required; a master’s degree and three years of previous experience is preferred. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to boarding school life. Salary is competitive; the employment package consists of excellent benefits. To apply, please send a resume and a list of references to Lee Huguley, Dean of Faculty, at lhuguley@westminster-school.org.

Westminster School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from candidates of color. Westminster School reaffirms its long-standing nondiscriminatory policy and employs individuals of any race, color, religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin ancestry and/or disability to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available at Westminster. Westminster does not discriminate in its hiring, educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship programs, or athletic and other school-administered programs.

A bachelor’s degree is required; a master’s degree and three years of previous experience is preferred. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to boarding school life. Salary is competitive; the employment package consists of excellent benefits.

About Westminster School

Westminster School, one of the leading small independent boarding schools in the country, is a diverse, co-educational high school, a close-knit community of 95 faculty, 70 staff, and 430 students (seventy-five percent boarding, twenty-five percent day students) set on a 200-acre campus in Simsbury, Connecticut. Since its founding in 1888, Westminster School has been committed to the core values of community, character, balance and involvement. Our motto – virtute et numine – by grit and grace – defines and distinguishes the Westminster experience, our community and our alumni.

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