What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lower School Learning Specialist (Long-term substitute) position at Columbus Academy?
Position Description
Columbus Academy seeks candidates for a possible opening as a full-time Lower School Learning Specialist.
The individual selected for this position will be expected to carry out the following responsibilities:
Preferred candidates will possess the following qualifications:
Candidates Must Be Able To Manage The Following Conditions
Columbus Academy seeks candidates for a possible opening as a full-time Lower School Learning Specialist.
The individual selected for this position will be expected to carry out the following responsibilities:
- Work in collaboration with other members of the Student Support Team and the lower school faculty to identify student learning needs and develop appropriate interventions and support plans
- Collaborate with classroom teachers to meet students’ learning needs
- Provide expertise in developing strategies with faculty to implement in the classroom to support student learning
- Provide direct instruction to students identified with learning disabilities and/or significant executive function challenges in the resource room and in regular classroom settings
- Provide advocacy and accommodations for students with documented learning disabilities
- Write, update and implement individual student accommodation plans
- Use available technology to enhance the students’ learning experiences
- Maintain effective record-keeping procedures
- Communicate with classroom teachers regarding student progress
- Demonstrate a commitment to continuous professional growth
- Provide periodic updates to parents about student progress, via both written reports and in-person conferences
- Work collaboratively and build relationships with students and faculty
- Attend and participate in weekly faculty meetings
- Assume a share of supervisory responsibilities expected of all lower school faculty members
- Hold students accountable for the school’s standards of behavior
- Work with others in the school community to support each student’s emotional well-being
- Assume a share of supervisory responsibilities expected of all lower school faculty members
Preferred candidates will possess the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree in education field preferred
- Licensure as an intervention specialist preferred
- Three or more years of teaching experience as a learning or intervention specialist
- Training and or credentialing in the Orton Gillingham approach
- Experience and training in working with students with learning disabilities and executive function challenges
- Knowledge of varied pedagogy and trends in instruction and curriculum design at the elementary level
- Ability to teach a full range of elementary school subjects and differentiate instruction
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously
- Strong organizational skills
Candidates Must Be Able To Manage The Following Conditions
- An office environment within an academic setting
- Mobility around school buildings and on different floors
- Repetitive motion (use of a keyboard)
- Periodic need to move light furniture, hang visuals, carry objects (no more than 40 pounds), etc.
- A non-smoking campus