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Applying for Position:
Learning Specialist

This opening calls for specific teaching qualifications set by the school.

CalWest's client school in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Learning Specialist to begin January 2024

Responsibilities:

  • Support the creation and maintenance of elementary student classroom records at the beginning of the school year and during the year for transfers, and set up the online SST/DST tracking spreadsheets and related online/hard copy student folders at the beginning of the school year
  • Support admissions, as requested, with transfer applicant assessments and reading through students’ admissions files to provide additional perspective
  • Periodically provide 10-15 minute professional development talks at staff meetings.
  • From time to time, take on other duties as assigned by school leadership.
  • As requested, conduct in-class observations for students in the SST/DST process and attend parent meetings for those students as needed. As requested, attend SST or DST Family Meetings and update the Family SST/DST Doc for such meetings.
  • As determined through participating in Internal and Family SST/DST individual student-focused meetings, will be assigned to:
  • Provide small group or individually targeted reading/word study instruction service for at risk/diagnosed students in 1st grade and 2nd grade
  • Provide intermittent, push-in support to work on a specific assignment with 1st-5th grade students diagnosed with a specific learning disorder in reading, writing, and/or math

Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in education or special education, preferred
  • Have experience differentiating instruction to meet the needs of a variety of learners
  • At least 2 years of Learning Specialist experience
  • Significant knowledge of social-constructivist principles and/or the Reggio Emilia Approach

CalWest and our partner schools are unable to respond to all applicants.

Candidates may be submitted to multiple positions during their time with CalWest. Also, candidates may not be chosen to move forward in the search they initially expressed interest in pursuing.

Our client schools make the final decisions.

Deciding to Apply

At minimum, applicants should have:

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