Washington, D.C.
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Posted: 14-Feb-23
Location: Vienna, Virginia
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Green Hedges School seeks an experienced learning specialist for the 2023-2024 school year. Green Hedges is a private independent preschool through Grade 8 school with approximately 185 students. The School is located in Vienna, VA, which is fourteen miles west of Washington, DC.
Requirements:
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Special Education or an education-related field. Graduate experience in Special Education is preferred.
- Significant experience with a range of learning needs and ages, especially middle school
- A high level of energy and a strong, positive classroom presence
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Initiative and ability to collaborate
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Serve as an academic resource for teachers, providing counsel, strategies, and observations to gather data about a child’s performance in class, related to both areas of strength and weakness
- Provide direct instruction on study skills/strategies, test-taking skills, and executive functioning through classes and/or push-in support for students in grades 6-8
- Interpret psychoeducational reports and write and communicate Student Support Plans for students
- Work with teachers to develop differentiated curricula and implement student accommodations
- Initiate regular teacher meetings to discuss students’ progress and concerns
- Facilitate parent-teacher conferences, when needed, to provide additional support or information about student concerns and needs
- Maintain regular communication with parents and teachers regarding student response to interventions or lack of progress
- Maintain records, outline student needs, interventions, and student outcomes
- Facilitate the acquisition of tutoring services and serve as the liaison between tutors and the school
- Other duties as assigned
Reports to: Assistant Head of School
Interested candidates should submit
1) letter of interest, 2) three references, and 3) resume to:
hr@greenhedges.org
Green Hedges School is committed to equal employment opportunity. The School does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or physical or mental disability.
