Middle and High School Learning Support Specialist

Middle and High School Learning Support Specialist

Salary Range: $65,000 - $85,000 Annually

With dedication to academic excellence, innovation, and inclusivity, Mid-Pacific provides a dynamic and enriching learning environment for our diverse student body. We are committed to supporting all of our students' learning and acknowledging the presence, as well as the potential, of neurodiversity in our community. Our aim is to personalize support for students with diverse learning needs while building institutional capacity to effectively serve neurodiverse learners.

The Learning Support Specialist serves as the school's subject matter expert in learning differences, accommodation planning, intervention design, and faculty consultation, ensuring that students receive appropriate support while advancing inclusive instructional practices across the Middle and High School.

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Conduct comprehensive reviews of psycho educational evaluations, diagnostic reports, and educational records to identify barriers to learning and recommend appropriate accommodations, interventions, and support plans.
• Develop individualized learning support plans that align with diagnostic findings and school-based observations.
• Provide strategic consultation to faculty regarding instructional approaches, executive functioning supports, and classroom accommodations.
• Design and coordinate evidence-based intervention plans implemented collaboratively by teachers, advisors, counselors, and support personnel.
• Provide short-term, targeted coaching focused on executive functioning, self-advocacy, metacognitive strategies, and accommodation utilization. The Learning Specialist is not intended to provide ongoing subject-specific tutoring or replace classroom instruction.
• Utilize assessment data, including formal diagnostic assessments and progress monitoring tools to design and implement targeted interventions.
• Provides in-person support and service.

• Interpret psycho educational evaluations, neuropsychological reports, speech-language assessments, and other specialized diagnostic data to determine educational implications.
• Collaborate with deans, counselors, administration, and other faculty in multidisciplinary Student Support Team meetings by providing expertise regarding learning differences, accommodations, and intervention design.
• Develop written accommodation recommendations and support plans based on diagnostic evidence and educational performance.
• Serve as the MS and HS primary liaison with outside evaluators, educational psychologists, and clinical providers regarding student learning needs.

• Lead the coordination of Middle School and High School learning support services and facilitate collaboration among teachers, counselors, advisors, deans, families, and external providers.
• Support student transitions between grade levels and divisions by ensuring continuity of accommodations, support plans, and communication among relevant stakeholders.
• Develop systems for monitoring accommodation implementation and intervention effectiveness across grade levels.
• Recommend and oversee adoption of evidence-based assistive technologies and specialized learning supports.

• Establish measurable goals and monitoring protocols for students receiving learning support services.
• Analyze longitudinal student performance data to evaluate intervention effectiveness and make recommendations for adjustments.
• Prepare formal reports summarizing student progress, accommodation effectiveness, and recommendations for continued support.
• Communicate with teachers, deans, parents, and outside providers about progress and shifts in support plans.
• Support students in understanding their learning profiles, advocate appropriately for accommodations, and utilize effective learning strategies that promote increasing independence.

• Serve as the primary school contact regarding evaluations, accommodations, learning support services, and intervention planning.
• Guide families through diagnostic evaluation referrals, accommodation procedures, and available support resources.
• Facilitate collaborative meetings involving parents, faculty, administrators, and external providers to develop coordinated support plans.

• Serve as the school's designated expert regarding accommodation eligibility and documentation requirements for College Board, ACT, International Baccalaureate, and other standardized testing organizations.
• Work with Testing Coordinator to submit Learner Profile for standardized testing to include PSAT/SAT/IB testing.
• Review diagnostic documentation and determine accommodation requests consistent with external agency guidelines.
• Prepare, submit, and monitor accommodation applications and appeals.
• Maintain compliance with testing regulations and accommodation…