Overview

The Learning Specialist will work with colleagues in Student-Athlete Academic Services (SAAS) and across campus to meet the academic support needs of student-athletes. Specifically, the Learning Specialist will work in conjunction with the Associate Athletics Director of Academic Services to oversee and implement a Learning Enhancement Assistance Program for select student-athletes and student-athletes with learning disabilities.

Responsibilities

In this capacity, the Learning Specialist will:

• Provide intensive academic support and learning assistance to specific student-athletes (e.g. individual study skills instruction).
• Coordinate the Academic Tutoring Program for student-athletes: hiring, training, scheduling, and evaluating tutors.
• Coordinate the Academic Mentoring Program: hiring, training, and evaluating Academic Mentors.
• Conduct intake assessments on student-athletes to identify areas of academic strengths and weaknesses.
• Teach a section of USU 1730, Strategies for Academic Success.
• Work collaboratively with student services departments (e.g. Disability Resource Center, Counseling and Psychological Services, Academic Success Center, etc.), faculty, and other campus personnel to obtain resources and services for student-athletes.
• Provide consistent and frequent feedback to Academic Coordinators concerning the progress of identified student-athletes.
• Evaluate and assess learning programs on frequent basis.
• Other duties as assigned by Associate AD of Academic Services.
• Provide learning assistance as needed on evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experiences:

• Bachelor’s degree in education, psychology, counseling, or related field plus two years experience.
• Experience in teaching or counseling a culturally diverse population at the university or high school level.
• Strong commitment to academic and personal integrity.
• Demonstrated leadership and organizational skills.
• Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills.

Preferred Education and Experiences:

• Master’s degree in education, psychology, counseling, or related field.
• Knowledge of disability regulations and laws associated in higher education.
• Experience working with student-athlete populations at the university level in an academic capacity.
• Experience teaching learning strategies and developing academic intervention strategies at a university level to enhance learning for academically under-prepared students and students with learning disabilities.

Required Documents

Along with the online application, please attach:

**Document size may not exceed 10 MB.**

Advertised Salary

ADA

Employees work indoors and are protected from weather and/or contaminants, but not, necessarily, occasional temperature changes. The employee is regularly required to sit and often uses repetitive hand motions.

University Highlights

Utah State University (USU) was founded in 1888 and is Utah’s land-grant and space-grant university. USU is one of only 146 research institutions in the U.S. classified as R1 “very high research activity” by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. As one of the two premier research institutions in Utah, USU provides a high-quality education at an affordable price. With its main campus in Logan, the university serves approximately 27,500 students, including 24,255 undergraduates and 3,171 graduate students. USU Online has served students from all 50 states and 55 countries for 25 years.

USU’s statewide system features three residential campuses, 30 total campus locations, and 23 Extension education centers. The university employees 903 full-time faculty members, 124 executive administrators, and 1,649 full-time support staff. USU offers 115 undergraduate majors, as well as 91 master’s and 42 doctoral degrees. Learn more about USU.

A core characteristic of USU is engagement with communities and people in economic development, improvements to quality of life, and human capital. Through the practical application of knowledge, the University and its faculty engage and share expertise with the state, nation, and world, preserving the historical land-grant tradition of partnering with communities to address critical societal issues in the interest of the public good.

The USU main campus is located in beautiful Logan, Utah, a city of about 50,000 situated in a picturesque mountain valley about 80 miles north of Salt Lake City. Outstanding recreational opportunities abound in the nearby mountains and proximate region.

USU is sensitive to the needs of dual career couples and provides a Dual Career Assistance program to support careers for partners who are also seeking employment.

USU endeavors to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access in all aspects of employment to qualified persons with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the university’s ADA Coordinator in the Human Resource office at 435-797-0122 or submit a request at hr@usu.edu.

USU Land Acknowledgment

Please visit our website to learn about Utah State’s land acknowledgment of the eight tribes of Utah.

Notice of Non-discrimination

In its programs and activities, including in admissions and employment, Utah State University does not discriminate or tolerate discrimination, including harassment, based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by University policy, Title IX, or any other federal, state, or local law.

The following individuals have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the application of Title IX and its implementing regulations and/or USU’s non-discrimination policies:

Executive Director of the Office of Equity Matthew Pinner, discrimination@usu.edu, Distance Education Rm. 401, 435-797-1266

Title IX Coordinator Hilary Renshaw, titleix@usu.edu, Distance Education Rm. 404, 435-797-1266

Mailing address: 5100 Old Main Hill, Logan, Ut 84322

For further information regarding non-discrimination, please visit https://equity.usu.edu/, or contact:

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 800-421-3481, OCR@ed.gov

U.S. Department of Education, Denver Regional Office, 303-844-5695, OCR.Denver@ed.gov

*updated 10/2022