Position Overview

Primary Responsibilities

• Meets regularly with students (to provide individual and/or small group academic interventions according to need) who have learning differences to support classroom learning and their self-confidence
• Administers and reviews assessments, develop learning plans, document intervention and progress
• Monitors caseload students’ progress and maintains accurate records of growth
• Creates individualized learning plans for students with identified learning needs, including classroom and testing accommodations
• Designs and/or co-leads professional development programs for faculty to better understand learning differences and support implementation of classroom accommodations
• Consult with teachers and families to interpret and report screenings/evaluation results, make recommendations for further outside evaluation or support, ensure adhesion to mandated accommodations, recommend additional strategies for the classroom or at home, and provide specific referrals, as needed
• Partners with families and regularly communicates on student progress, growth, and needs
• Coordinates with Student Services team members to ensure successful communication, consistency and transfer of appropriate knowledge.
• Reads and distills neuropsychological reports and interprets results for school personnel
• Robustly uses data to assess the current and long-term needs of our population.

Position Qualifications/Skills

• Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university, in Special Education or Education
  • Additional qualifications or certifications preferred but not required (such as, Educational Therapy, Reading Remediation, Gifted and Talented Education, Licensed Specialist in School Psychology (LSSP), Board Certified Educational Therapist (BCET), or Educational Therapist / Professional (ET/P))
• Minimum of two years of successful teaching experience, preferably in independent schools
• Capacity to work effectively in a muti-cultural environment with an understanding and appreciation for diversity
• Excellence in written and spoken communication
• Strong collaborative and interpersonal skills

• Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for the employee only
• Employer-paid short-term & long-term disability, life insurance, and employee assistance program
• Two days of paid time off
• Paid sick leave – eighty (80)-hours equivalent or ten (10) calendar days per fiscal year
• Eight School holidays- per the school year calendar