Learning Specialist, Lower School

Associate Director of Conferences & Senior Placement Counselor at Carney, Sandoe & Associates

Carney, Sandoe & Associates, an educational recruitment organization, has been retained by St. Paul Academy and Summit School, an independent school in St. Paul, MN to find their next Learning Specialist in the Lower School.

St. Paul Academy and Summit School (SPA) is a coeducational, non-sectarian, college preparatory day school serving more than 920 students in kindergarten through grade 12. SPA's two campuses are located approximately a mile apart in St. Paul, Minnesota, serving Grades K-5 on the Goodrich Campus and Grades 6-12 on the Randolph Campus. The school draws students from St. Paul, Minneapolis, and throughout the eastern and western suburbs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve on the Lower School Leadership Team, which provides both academic and operational leadership at the Goodrich Campus.
• Create and update student accommodation/learning plans with long-term goals and specific objectives for review by the Director of the Center for Learning and Teaching.
• Maintain confidential student records and keep accurate documentation of sessions, meetings, and assessments.
• Partner proactively with faculty and administration to support students and teachers in their efforts to advance students with different learning needs.
• Observe and evaluate individual students displaying academic difficulties and assess their learning strengths and challenges.
• Provide regular written student progress reports to the school and to parents with assessment results and recommendations of remedial programs for learning-related issues. Initiate and schedule parent conferences as needed.
• Provide direct support to students, parents, and faculty members in support of individual student learning plans.
• Recommend in-school and community resources for identified students in cooperation with the Center for Learning and Teaching.
• Coordinate and facilitate communication between student, family, school, and other involved professionals, e.g. psychologists, therapists, SPPS special education staff.
• Meet regularly with the Director of the Center for Learning and Teaching.
• Co-lead a student neurodiversity affinity group.
• Be involved in the school community at large, e.g. assemblies, lunch, recess.
• Facilitate weekly Student Support Team meetings with the LS Principal, Asst. Principal, Counselor, and Dir. of Intercultural Life to discuss individual student’s learning needs and support.
• Deliver one-on-one or small-group instruction for reinforcement/support in literacy and math.
• Deliver classroom instruction (in collaboration with classroom teachers) as needed.
• Network with learning specialists at other independent schools.
• Pursue professional development opportunities such as conferences and professional meetings in order to remain current.
• Assume responsibility for other projects as assigned by the LS Principal.

To Apply:

Interested and qualified candidates should email Justine Brown and Njeri Allen the following materials as separate PDF documents:

• Current resume, including phone number and email address
• Cover letter stating interest in and qualifications for the position

Justine Brown: j and Njeri Allen:

Please do not contact the school directly.

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Education

Primary and Secondary Education and Education