Learning Support Teacher (Grades PK3-5) - SY 25-26

Job Title: Learning Support Teacher (Grades PK3-5) - SY 25-26

Department: Education

FLSA Status: Full Time, Exempt

Reports to: Washington Yu Ying Principals, Director of Learning Support

Compensation: $61,714 - $96,779/year

Company Overview: Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School is a leader in Chinese Immersion education, achieving high levels of academic and organizational success. Our diverse and inclusive community reaches far beyond the walls of our building. At Yu Ying teachers, staff and families are collaborators, who together, are raising the next generation of culturally fluent and well-rounded global citizens.

Position Overview: Are you passionate about empowering every student to thrive? As a Learning Support (LS) Teacher at our dynamic Chinese immersion school, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring that children with disabilities and additional learning needs receive the support they deserve. You’ll be part of a collaborative team that tailors learning experiences to each child’s strengths, providing direct instruction and working closely with general education teachers to create an inclusive, engaging, and supportive learning environment. If you're dedicated to making a meaningful impact and fostering a love of learning, we’d love to have you on board! 

Essential Responsibilities, including but not limited:..

• Develop, distribute, and maintain IEP snapshots for all students with disabilities.
• Adhere to Washington Yu Ying’s inclusion model of instruction in the early years.
• Utilize various co-teaching models of instruction to include lead and support; station, parallel, alternative and team teaching; pull out, resource, etc.
• Support, implement, and monitor for classroom behavior and academic expectations.
• Maintain positive communications with parents to partner successfully with the school
• Interpret  both formal and  informal, and classroom based assessment for students in order to make instructional decisions. 
• Collect data on student performance so as to improve student outcomes and direct instruction. 
• Administer and interpret formal assessments as appropriate.
• Selects and adapts materials to assist students with disabilities to access the general education curriculum, as appropriate.
• Provide additional instruction and support to students outside of content area to achieve school-wide goals and address student needs
• Provide proof of Modified Instruction in the form of accommodation, modifications, or resource room as mandated by the students’ IEPs.
• Manage and develop student's’ Quarterly IEP progress reports and deliver to student’s parent/guardian’s on the EY caseload. 
• Review evaluation information (Psychological, Clinical , Educational, etc.) prior to MDT meetings
• Develop and monitor student goal  progress on regular timelines, and completion of student assessments, evaluations, IEPs, 504s and re-evaluations according to federal, state, and district guidelines in powerschool special programs.
• Plan curriculum and create lesson plans with the needs of all students in mind.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Special Education or related field.
• Fierce commitment to supporting EY students with special needs
• Must be knowledgeable of learning theory, differentiated instruction, developmental reading, child development, applied behavior analysis, and assessment.
• Solid knowledge of compliance requirements related to Special Education
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience teaching Special Education at an early years (PK-g.1) level
• Certification in Special Education preferred
• Proficiency in Mandarin language preferred

Benefits Package:

Generous Paid Time Off

• 10 Personal/Sick Days
• 11 Federal Holidays
• Chinese New Year
• DC Emancipation Day

Insurance Benefits

• 100% Company covered Healthcare option
• Dependent Coverage
• FSA/HSA Options
• 100% Company Covered Life Insurance Option
• Short & Long term Disability Insurance
• Fully covered Dental Coverage

Work-Life Balance Assistance

• Public Transit Assistance
• Staff Preference Enrollment in Yu Ying
• On-Site Daycare (Ages 3 months - 3 years old)
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Annual Bonus Opportunities/Monetary Rewards
• 3% 401K Match

Terms of Employment: 10 month schedule

Physical Demands

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential responsibilities of the job and are not meant to be all-inclusive. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities of the job.

Unless reasonable accommodation can be made, while performing this job, the staff member shall:

• Use physical strength to lift, move, carry, pull, or push equipment and/or student(s).
• Sit, stand, walk, and run for required periods, according to the instruction schedule.
• Speak and hear.
• Use close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception along with the ability to focus vision.
• Communicate effectively in English, using proper grammar and vocabulary.
• Reach with hands and arms and use hands and fingers to handle objects and operate tools, computers, and/or controls. 

Environmental Demands

The environmental demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential responsibilities of the job and are not meant to be all-inclusive.

• Exposure to a variety of childhood and adult diseases and illnesses.
• Occasional exposure to a variety of weather conditions.
• Exposure to heated/air-conditioned and ventilated facilities.
• Exposure to a building in which a variety of chemical substances are used for cleaning, instruction, and/or operation of equipment.
• Function in a workplace with a high level of noise at times.

* Washington Yu Ying PCS reserves the right to change and update policies, procedures, protocols and this job description/agreement and any addenda as needed. Employees will be notified in a timely manner of such changes by email or in staff meetings and provided an updated copy of this job description/agreement.