Learning Specialist, Lower School

Associate Director of Conferences & Senior Placement Counselor at Carney, Sandoe & Associates

Carney, Sandoe & Associates , an educational recruitment organization, has been retained by St. Paul Academy and Summit School , an independent school in St. Paul, MN to find their next Learning Specialist in the Lower School.

St. Paul Academy and Summit School (SPA) is a coeducational, non-sectarian, college preparatory day school serving more than 920 students in kindergarten through grade 12. SPA's two campuses are located approximately a mile apart in St. Paul, Minnesota, serving Grades K-5 on the Goodrich Campus and Grades 6-12 on the Randolph Campus. The school draws students from St. Paul, Minneapolis, and throughout the eastern and western suburbs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve on the Lower School Leadership Team, which provides both academic and operational leadership at the Goodrich Campus.
• Create and update student accommodation/learning plans with long-term goals and specific objectives for review by the Director of the Center for Learning and Teaching.
• Maintain confidential student records and keep accurate documentation of sessions, meetings, and assessments.
• Partner proactively with faculty and administration to support students and teachers in their efforts to advance students with different learning needs.
• Observe and evaluate individual students displaying academic difficulties and assess their learning strengths and challenges.
• Provide regular written student progress reports to the school and to parents with assessment results and recommendations of remedial programs for learning-related issues. Initiate and schedule parent conferences as needed.
• Provide direct support to students, parents, and faculty members in support of individual student learning plans.
• Recommend in-school and community resources for identified students in cooperation with the Center for Learning and Teaching.
• Coordinate and facilitate communication between student, family, school, and other involved professionals, e.g. psychologists, therapists, SPPS special education staff.
• Meet regularly with the Director of the Center for Learning and Teaching.
• Co-lead a student neurodiversity affinity group.
• Be involved in the school community at large, e.g. assemblies, lunch, recess.
• Facilitate weekly Student Support Team meetings with the LS Principal, Asst. Principal, Counselor, and Dir. of Intercultural Life to discuss individual students learning needs and support.
• Deliver one-on-one or small-group instruction for reinforcement/support in literacy and math.
• Deliver classroom instruction (in collaboration with classroom teachers) as needed.
• Network with learning specialists at other independent schools.
• Pursue professional development opportunities such as conferences and professional meetings in order to remain current.
• Assume responsibility for other projects as assigned by the LS Principal.

To Apply:

Interested and qualified candidates should email Justine Brown and Njeri Allen the following materials as separate PDF documents:

• Current resume, including phone number and email address
• Cover letter stating interest in and qualifications for the position

Justine Brown: and Njeri Allen:

Please do not contact the school directly.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Education

Industries

Primary and Secondary Education and Education