Reports To: Head of Middle School
FLSA Status: Nonexempt
Position Summary:
Glenelg Country School seeks a full-time Middle School Academic Support faculty member who is responsible for working closely with teachers, parents, outside professionals, and the students themselves. The position is designed to provide structured, targeted, and interventional support to ensure the success of all students in the Middle School. This individual will report to Middle School Head and coordinate with Upper and Lower School Academic Support personnel. GCS offers a competitive salary including a full benefit package.
Typical Education and Experience:
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Bachelor’s degree in education, special education background preferred
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At least 1-2 years of experience as a learning specialist or in a related role
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Experience in working with middle-school aged students
Overview of Essential Functions:
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To read and analyze psycho-educational evaluations in order to develop, maintain and communicate a student’s Accommodation Plan to families and appropriate faculty members.
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Work with faculty members in helping to understand and implement strategies within a classroom setting for a given student, as well as ensure that classroom and testing accommodations are being implemented.
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Review students’ cumulative folders, standardized tests scores, teacher comments and observations in order to assist the School in identifying a student who may need intervention
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Provide assistance to families as they navigate the evaluation process.
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To administer and score individual testing batteries, which further provide information regarding a student’s strengths and weaknesses within the School’s curriculum.
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Work closely with academic support faculty and counselors in the other divisions to ensure school-wide goals are being met.
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Provide small-group instruction and/or support across the curricular areas, including goal setting, planning and time management, organization, self-reflection and self-advocacy.
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Participate in weekly grade-level team meetings and meet consistently with the Head of the Middle School, Middle School Dean of Students, and counselor to review student progress and concerns.
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Engage in the Middle School community by providing supervision, sponsoring activities and/or coaching athletics [many opportunities are provided]
Key Skills and Attributes:
The ideal candidate is a self-starter who communicates well with others and is comfortable providing assistance and teaching material across the disciplines. A high-level of organization, positive and compassionate attitude and ability to learn and implement new strategies are musts.
Administration
All prospective employees must be able to clear background checks, as required by the State of Maryland.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to listen, physically direct, and speak. The employee is required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, compute, handle, clean spills, tie shoe, zipper coats or feel and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus with screens, white boards, printed material, and ability to see children in detail. The employee must be able to lift at least thirty pounds. The employee is also regularly required to climb two flights of stairs.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those of a school and what an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is moderate; however, variations in noise level may occur when the employee attends school functions such as assemblies, school dances, and other events.