Learning Specialist - Fee for Service

Job Summary

The SLC Learning Specialist is responsible for developing, implementing, and monitoring interventions, indicated by testing, direct observations and self-reports, required by students to be successful at their respective high school and middle school. The specialist is knowledgeable and insightful into the academic and social-emotional challenges, often confronting students with learner variability including learning disabilities and ADHD. This position reports to the Schwab Learning Center Senior Learning Specialist.

This position is a Fee for Service position - $70.00/hour for direct time and $50.00/hour for admin time

Ability to work evening hours to accommodate student schedules and ideally in person in Palo Alto.

• Analyze individual student strengths and challenges and develop interventions to resolve academic impairment issues which may span multiple areas, using advanced technical and professional expertise
• Ensure student confidentiality and HIPAA by adhering to the policies and practices on the student’s contracts and with the students’ college.
• Fulfill reporting requirements that address the Center’s metrics.
• Conduct student-facing and parent-facing communications in a timely and professional manner.
• For each student, evaluate, and make customized recommendations on technology resources, executive function needs and learning strategies that will enhance the student’s opportunity for success.
• Provide direct advice to students and parents on a range of issues including, but not limited to, academic support, accessibility, workplace demands, executive functioning, and community standards to assist them in making appropriate choices and decisions.
• Provide consulting advice to key personnel involved with the student, most commonly the parent/guardian, that elevates their understanding of the student’s challenges and accommodations to enhance the student’s opportunity for success with that parent/guardian, teacher, professor, supervisor and/or related support personnel.
• Abide by established processes and policies designed to safeguard student’s confidentiality.
• Possess the ability to administer a variety of standardized academic assessments, rating scales and conduct interviews as part of developing a student’s Comprehensive Learning Toolkit; summarize key indicators, observations, and direct statements by the student in client summary form and intake notes.
• Collaborate with relevant professionals across the CHC agency, especially those in the Clinical Services Division and Administrative support areas.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
• Design and conduct relevant workshops for students and parents as needed.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
• Maintain commitment to child safety, mandated reporting duty, and professional boundaries.

• Delivery of required reporting to be timely and accurate
• Manage expected caseload of students as assigned by the Director and/or Care Team.
• Active participation in program development, staff, and planning meetings
• High marks on student surveys relating to service delivery and meaningful relationship

• A master’s degree in Special Education, Learning Sciences, Psychology, or other program related to learning disabilities, neurodiversity, learner variability, cognitive neuroscience.
• Experience working with middle school, teen and/or young adult students with learning differences and attention challenges.
• Demonstrated interest and experience in applying research-based strategies and techniques.
• Experience and interest in assessment of student and program outcomes.
• Experience administering and/or interpreting educational measures and cognitive testing typically associated…