Learning Specialist

The Learning Specialist will be responsible for helping students with learning differences cultivate effective strategies and implementing interventions that promote academic development. Under the supervision of the Director of Educational Support, the successful candidate will work collaboratively with other members of the Learning Support Services Team and all grade-level teachers to facilitate an engaging curriculum that fulfills Curtis’s mission and values. The candidate must have an insightful understanding of effective teaching methods for different learning needs, excellent listening, observational, and time-management skills, and an empathetic mindset. A collegial personality and openness to feedback are essential traits, as is a love of working with primary school-aged children.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Include, but are not limited to:

• Providing academic support to students through one on one, small group, and push-in instruction 

• Providing assistance, resources, and advice to support classroom faculty in meeting the needs of all learners, with special focus on early childhood students

• Facilitating communication between and among the student, family, teachers, administrators, and other educational professionals

• Proctoring standardized testing for students with testing accommodations

• Attending twice-yearly parent-teacher conferences and completing narrative reports for students on caseload 

• Attending faculty workshop days, relevant all-school events, and all mandatory professional development

• A Bachelor’s degree in special education or a similar field. (Master’s degree preferred)

• 3+ years of experience as a learning specialist or in an equivalent role

• Extensive knowledge of learning differences and instructional pedagogy as well as experience working with students with diagnosed learning disabilities and executive functioning challenges 

• Be well versed in research and assessment tools, particularly in early childhood development 

• Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills

• Understand the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in education

• Provide a portfolio of teaching with examples of innovative lessons or projects that demonstrate creative and critical thinking and/or teach a demo lesson 

• Be flexible about working in outdoor weather conditions and able to regularly sit, stand, walk, use hands, reach with arms, talk and hear, and occasionally lift up to 10-25 pounds