St. Martin’s Episcopal School is seeking a culturally competent and responsive candidate to serve as the Student Support Services Director. This role works closely with multiple stakeholders to provide appropriate academic support to students across all three divisions of the school - Early Childhood, Lower and Middle Schools. This role must have a demonstrated understanding of methods, tools, and techniques to enhance student learning and development. The Student Support Services Director is a champion of student success and is committed to building strong relationships, maintaining a growth mindset, and remaining abreast of trends and industry best practices in student services. 

The tasks, duties, and responsibilities of this job include, but are not limited to the following essential functions:

• Partner with the Directors of Teaching and Learning to ensure teachers have access to strategies to help serve the learning needs of all students.
• Coordinate the scheduling of extended time for ERB testing and ensure all key stakeholders are informed of the finalized details.

• Evaluate processes for identifying students who may be in need of support.
• Collaborate with the EC/LS Reading teacher to identify PreK-2nd grade students who may be in need of additional literacy support.
• Use data and best practices to determine interventions for students and design support for teachers and parents around those interventions.
• Administer rating scales and other screening tools (CTOPP, Woodcock-Johnson) to help determine a student’s learning needs and plan for success.
• Collaborate with the Director of Enrollment Management to support the school’s admissions process.
• Attend Admissions meetings and review testing for applicants.
• Coordinate communication with parents and teachers to discuss student learning plans.
• Initiate individual or small groups as needed to support students who require additional support beyond classroom instruction.
• Provide timely communication to parents and teachers to address areas of student growth and/or concern.  
• Regularly observe classrooms, providing strategic guidance to teachers where appropriate. 
• Help facilitate the academic transitions along with division heads as students move through the school.
• Manage two direct reports - the Student Support Services Coordinator, who also works as the in-house tutor, and the EC/LS Reading Teacher.
• Collaborate with parents, division heads and faculty members to place students with afternoon tutors who meet their specific academic needs and monitor their progress in these sessions.
• Coordinate the schedule for outside practitioners, such as Speech and Language therapy, to provide services on campus.
• Communicate with afternoon tutors to ensure they are providing monthly reports to parents and Student Support Services.
• Create and maintain summaries of psycho-educational evaluations so that the appropriate information is shared with teachers and division heads. Review evaluations annually with families, students and grade level teachers. 
• Actively take part in Student Support meetings with the school-wide CARE team and grade-level meetings.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s Degree or above in Education,  Psychology or a related field
• A minimum of 5 years of teaching experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience serving as a Learning Specialist or similar role
• Previous experience in an Independent school setting

Schedule

The position is an 11-month, benefits-eligible Administrative position. The role follows the typical 10-month school calendar and also reports two weeks following the end of the school year and two weeks preceding the beginning of the school year. The regularly scheduled hours are Monday - Friday, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm. The position is exempt. 

Physical Requirements

This job is performed inside; the noise level is quiet to moderate. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, use hands to grasp, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. In compliance with ADA requirements, we will make reasonable accommodations for the known disability of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee.

Additional Responsibilities

The Student Support Services Director demonstrates a collaborative spirit and desire to approach challenges with creativity, innovative thinking and problem solving. All employees are expected to support the mission and vision statements of St. Martin's Episcopal School, and contribute to the overall life of the School.

The statements in this job description are intended to represent the key duties, essential nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be all responsibilities or qualifications of the job. 

To Apply: https://www.stmartinschool.org/about/employment

About St. Martin's Episcopal School

Founded in 1959, St. Martin’s Episcopal School is a coeducational day school in Atlanta, Georgia, serving approximately 650 students from infants through eighth grade. St. Martin’s is dedicated to providing a quality education of the whole person in a loving, Christian atmosphere which fosters lifelong learning. For more information about the School, please visit our website at www.stmartinschool.org. St. Martin’s is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, applicants are considered only on the basis of merit, qualifications and abilities. Employment decisions will be made without regard to race, color, gender, age, veteran status, religion, sexual orientation, disability, national or ethnic origin, or any other characteristic protected by law. In compliance with ADA requirements, we will make reasonable accommodations for the expressed disability of an otherwise qualified candidate.

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