This opening calls for specific teaching qualifications set by the school.
CalWest’s client school in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Learning Specialist to begin January 2024
CalWest Required Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s Degree and/or other educational requirements listed on the job description
- Requisite skills commensurate with the position
- A reasonable commuting distance to the CalWest client school, or a willingness to relocate
- Authorization to live and work in the United States
Client School Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in education or special education, preferred
- Have experience differentiating instruction to meet the needs of a variety of learners
- At least 2 years of Learning Specialist experience
- Significant knowledge of social-constructivist principles and/or the Reggio Emilia Approach
Responsibilities
- Support the creation and maintenance of elementary student classroom records at the beginning of the school year and during the year for transfers, and set up the online SST/DST tracking spreadsheets and related online/hard copy student folders at the beginning of the school year
- Support admissions, as requested, with transfer applicant assessments and reading through students’ admissions files to provide additional perspective
- Periodically provide 10-15 minute professional development talks at staff meetings.
- From time to time, take on other duties as assigned by school leadership.
- As requested, conduct in-class observations for students in the SST/DST process and attend parent meetings for those students as needed. As requested, attend SST or DST Family Meetings and update the Family SST/DST Doc for such meetings.
- As determined through participating in Internal and Family SST/DST individual student-focused meetings, will be assigned to:
- Provide small group or individually targeted reading/word study instruction service for at risk/diagnosed students in 1st grade and 2nd grade
- Provide intermittent, push-in support to work on a specific assignment with 1st-5th grade students diagnosed with a specific learning disorder in reading, writing, and/or math
Salary Range
$ 67,000 – $ 95,000
