The Harley School has potential opportunities for part-time and full-time, certified and non-certified special educators/learning specialists for the 2025-26 school year in the Lower, Middle, and Upper School ages. The responsibilities for the multiple positions include providing academic support for a grade band of students with learning differences. The successful candidate will work closely with the Division Head, the Department Chair of the Student Support Program (SSP), the faculty, and parents in order to support and empower students.

Every candidate is expected to demonstrate a commitment to engaging in ongoing DE & I work, including their own professional growth, the integration of a culturally responsive curriculum and pedagogy, and continued learning opportunities.

Qualifications and Competencies

• Excellent interpersonal skills, cultural competency, and demonstrated ability to build and sustain positive and respectful relationships with a commitment to adolescent education
• Commitment to continual growth in understanding personal biases and role within societal systems
•  Enthusiasm to become part of our vibrant school community, broadly engaging with students and colleagues
•  Knowledge of effective instructional strategies, differentiated instruction, discipline-specific and interdisciplinary learning, using a student-centered approach, creating an environment that values student voices and the ability to learn and implement new instructional practices over time
• Partner proactively with faculty and administration to support students with different learning styles and diverse learning needs to access the curriculum.
• Observe and evaluate individual students displaying academic or behavioral difficulties and assess their learning strengths and challenges.
• Engage in whole-class and small-group instruction, as needed.
• Develop and write Harley Student Learning Plans and student accommodation and personalized IEPs with long-term goals and specific objectives.
• Provide regular written student-progress reports to the school and parents with assessment results and recommendations of diagnostic testing and programs for learning-related issues.
• Maintain confidential student records and keep accurate documentation of services, meetings, and assessments.
• Work with teachers to coordinate and attend parent conferences, as needed.
• Middle and Upper School SSP teachers can additionally serve as an advisor
• Recommend in-school and community resources for identified students.
• Work with professionals outside the school to support students.
• Coordinate and facilitate communication between student, family, school, and other involved professionals.
• Ensure seamless instruction and support throughout the day to benefit students receiving IEP and SSP services.
• Assume case management responsibilities for students with IEPs and Harley Learning Plans.
• Secure testing accommodations for qualifying students.
• Network with learning specialists at other independent schools.
• Pursue professional development opportunities; attend conferences and professional meetings in order to remain current with educational trends.
• Partner proactively with faculty and administration to support students with different learning styles, and teachers in their efforts to advance students with different learning needs, including providing professional development and coaching as needed.
• Participate in committee, department, and faculty meetings, as well as school-sponsored events that would benefit from your area of expertise.
• Be involved in the school community at large.
• Assume responsibility for other projects as assigned by the Head of School and Division Heads.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, educational software such as Google Suite, Blackbaud/Education Edge, and the ability to learn new and evolving technology

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Education (special education, literacy, or related field); graduate degree preferred
• Certification in special education (preferred)
• Knowledge of and experience with developmental and learning differences (e.g., reading challenges, speech/language difficulties, autism, executive functioning challenges, etc.), psycho-educational tests, reports, and assistive technology
• Knowledge of administering and interpreting assessments and test results, academic achievement and diagnostic testing
• Experience drafting IEPs with authentic PLEPS and aligned goals
• Adeptness at recording and collecting student data to identify specific learning needs and strategies
• Strong networking skills to ensure access to resources in the broader community
• Full understanding of differentiated instructional strategies across the curriculum
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• 3+ years of teaching experience and a learner’s mindset preferred
• Detail-oriented, resourceful, discreet, and tactful
• Enthusiastic about collaborative learning; creative and innovative when working with diverse learners and faculty
• Ability to be flexible; can “monitor and adjust” to promote optimal learning and a collegial atmosphere
• Sense of humor, patience, and demonstrated ability to work with/relate to Early Childhood, Elementary, or adolescent age students

To Apply

In the interest of promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce, The Harley School welcomes candidates from all backgrounds and identities. Our School’s mission statement begins, “We are a diverse, inclusive community of learners.” Along with a cover letter and résumé, we ask that you provide a personal statement on how you see yourself promoting diversity and inclusivity if you join the Harley community. Submit a cover letter, resume, and diversity statement to jobs@harleyschool.org and include Learning Support teachers in the subject line.

Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $44,500.00 – $70,000.00 per year
Schedule: Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

About The Harley School

At The Harley School, we foster a thriving environment in which we all become our truest and best selves. Our values, both in school and beyond, are: community, academic excellence, joy in learning, wellness, and sustainability. We believe children are innately curious about the world and joyfully engaged in it. Our faculty cultivate an environment of academic exploration, where taking risks, making mistakes, and engaging in constructive discourse are integral to intellectual growth. Sustainability is an essential element of the framework that drives curriculum and community decision-making in ways that allow us to care for the planet and each other. We encourage compassionate connection within a diverse community, where each individual is valued and supported to reach their full potential. Harley’s breadth of educational opportunities provides an environment for innovation, creativity, and scholarly pursuits that set the stage for student contributions to the greater good while, as our motto states, they “Become What Thou Art.”

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