Learning Specialist

Description

At San Francisco University High School, we believe that the deepest learning requires collaboration among people who embody a diversity of backgrounds, beliefs, experiences, and perspectives. In order to build and sustain a community that is comprised of a wide range of social and cultural identities, we must continually engage in furthering our self-knowledge, equity literacy, and ability to communicate effectively across differences.

We challenge ourselves to do this work on both a personal and institutional level, recognizing that our community is part of a larger and more complex world.

San Francisco University High School is a college preparatory school. We seek teachers who are thoroughly educated in their disciplines, who are devoted to the love of learning, and who will contribute to the school's invigorating intellectual climate. Throughout the school, we seek to hire adults who are stimulating and supportive in their work with students and who share our belief in the moral and educational value of diversity.

Under minimal supervision, supports 10th-grade students with learning disabilities or academic challenges, teaches metacognition and neurodiversity classes to all 10th-graders, and works with families, teachers, and mentors in supporting students with learning differences. The role involves significant collaboration with mentors, deans, and faculty to ensure a smooth transition to high school for all students.

10th-grade student support:

• Student Support Plans:
  • Maintain and update individual Student Support Plans for students at UHS who receive accommodations;
  • When necessary, assist in helping families, students, and teachers understand the student support plan
• Assist students in coordinating their accommodations and communicating these accommodations to teachers;
• Reach out and assess students referred by teachers, mentors, and administrators who are academically at-risk to determine a plan of action
• Proctor test for students who request to test in the Learning Center
• Teach metacognition and neurodiversity classes, which include management of peer tutors and supervision of peer tutoring programs

11th and 12th-grade student support

• Remain informed of current College Board and ACT requirements; advise families of students with learning plans regarding testing dates, validity of documentation, and application procedures
• Apply on behalf of students for accommodations on standardized tests through the College Board and the ACT
• Arrange for supervision and proctoring of standardized tests, when needed, and at times on weekends, for students who receive accommodations
• Proctor test for students who request to test in the Learning Center

Collaboration

• Work closely with the 10th-grade mentors, class dean, and counseling team to support 10th-grade student
• Consult with individual faculty upon request, providing support as needed to teachers and mentors regarding the needs of specific students
• Develop and conduct professional growth for student-facing adults
• Partner with deans to present to 10th-grade families on learning support at UHS, study skills, test prep, and developing student advocacy for learning disabilities

General:

• Attend and contribute to committee meetings as assigned, department meetings, and other groups as assigned
• Maintain discretion and keep confidential records and relevant documentation of students with learning differences;
• Maintains physical and digital resources related to learning, neuroscience, and learning differences
• Attends and presents at occasional evening and weekend school events
• Actively participates in the full life of the school, which can include but is not limited to: mentoring, sponsoring affinity groups, coaching, sponsoring co-curricular clubs, and involvement with our Breakthrough Summer Bridge program
• Vigorously engage in their own professional development
• Establishes community relations by maintaining open dialogue with all of the school’s constituencies
• Is familiar with and complies with all policies and regulations as put forth in the school’s documents
• Since safety and security are everyone’s responsibility, take all necessary and…