Washington Episcopal School seeks an Early Childhood School Learning Specialist for the 2024-2025 school year.
The Specialist will support students, teachers, and parents in ensuring academic success for all students in grades PK3 – Grade 1.
Student Support/Instruction
- Observe, monitor, evaluate, and document student progress utilizing appropriate measures and assessment tools/methods.
- Provide direct instruction to students in reading, phonics, writing, grammar, mathematics, and executive functioning.
Teacher Support
- Effectively use extensive knowledge of recent research and development in educating students with learning differences.
- Collaborate as an active leader of the Student Support Team.
- Assist teachers with collecting and interpreting assessments (formative and summative) to determine student progress, the effectiveness of interventions and strategies, and the creation of Action Plans as needed.
- Meet regularly with teams of teachers and administrators to discuss and share student learning needs and accommodations, as well as strategies for effective instruction.
- Develop Student Support Plans for teachers from external evaluations.
- Serve on the Admission Committee to screen and review all candidates.
- Provide professional development and consultation to faculty regarding learning instructional differences, instructional best practices, and curriculum development.
Standardized Testing
- Administer and analyze data from DIBELS and PELI assessments.
- Parent Support
- Serve as the point of contact for families of students with learning differences.
- Actively develop strong relationships with parents and serve as a guide and support; maintain regular communication with parents.
- Oversee testing referrals and summarize findings from evaluations in Student Evaluation and Student Support Plans.
- Coordinate and lead review of Student Evaluation and Student Support Plans with families and teachers.
- Provide information about learning differences and help families navigate testing procedures and referrals.
- Coordinate speech/language and occupational therapy screening, and schedule tutors and outside service providers/therapists.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree preferred) in special education or a related field and demonstrated expertise working with students with diverse needs.
- Minimum 3-5 years experience working with students in a special education setting.
- Solid knowledge base in learning differences and skill in implementing evidence-based strategies.
- The ability to interpret neuropsychological evaluations and make recommendations as needed.
- Experience in collaborating with and presenting to faculty, administrators, and parents.
- Strong oral and written communication skills
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