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St. Andrew's Episcopal School seeks a Middle School Learning Facilitator for the 2022-2023 school year to support students with different learning needs.    

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Partner proactively with faculty and administrators to support students with different learning styles and teachers in their efforts to advance students with different learning needs.  

• Observe and evaluate individual students displaying academic or behavioral difficulties and assess their strengths and challenges.

• Communicate with the Director of Learning Services consistently.

• Participate in classroom instruction as needed.

• Provide one-on-one and small-group instruction utilizing a variety of teaching methods to meet the needs of students with diverse backgrounds and learning styles.

• Develop and write student accommodation/learning plans with long-term goals and specific objectives.

• Provide regular written student progress reports to the school and parents/guardians with assessment results and recommendations of diagnostic testing and remedial programs for learning-related issues.

• Maintain confidential student records and keep accurate documentation of sessions, meetings, and assessments.

• Initiate and schedule parent conferences as needed.

• Recommend in-school and community resources for identified students.

• Provide timely and professional communication and feedback to parents.

• Coordinate with faculty and families to cultivate an academic plan for students with long and short- term absences, and develop and document accommodation plans for qualifying students.

• Collaborate with colleagues across the middle school as well as the lower and upper school learning facilitators and student support services department.

• Attend and contribute in full, divisional, departmental, and team faculty meetings.

• Take an active role in professional activities and attend relevant professional meetings and conferences.

• Stay abreast of the latest advances in specialized instruction.

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional school environment.  

Position Type:

This is a full-time position with teaching responsibilities from August – May.  As with any independent school, faculty should be ready to chaperone class trips, perform typical day-to-day duties such as lunch and carpool duties, serve on committees, and engage fully in all school events that develop the student.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in education or related field required.  Master’s degree in dyslexia therapy, special education, or related field preferred. 

• A minimum of five years of teaching experience preferred.  

• Orton-Gillingham certification preferred.

• Certified Academic Language Therapist certification preferred.

• Responsive classroom training and experience preferred.

• Knowledge of learning difficulties, especially ADHD, dyslexia, and dual language learners.

• Knowledge of child development, learning disabilities, psycho-educational tests, reports, and assistive technology.

• Knowledge of administering and interpreting assessments and test results, academic achievement, and diagnostic testing.

• Full understanding of differentiated instructional strategies across the curriculum.

• Represent the school in the larger community in a positive manner that reflects the values of the school.

• Ability to interface and maintain effective relationships with students, faculty, administrators, and parents/guardians.

• High degree of cultural competency and demonstrated commitment to working with individuals from diverse backgrounds.

• Professional written and verbal communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

• Proficiency in Google Suite required.

COVID-19 Vaccination Policy:

All employees must be fully vaccinated by January 1, 2022 unless the individual has a medical or religious exemption.