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About the Role

The Lower School Learning Specialist facilitates an inclusive learning environment by providing direct learning support for students in grades K-5 within the context of a holistic approach to addressing student needs. This role collaborates with the student support team to ensure a coherent and continuous multi-tiered system of support and actively communicates with all stakeholders to foster a joyful and supportive experience for all students.

Responsibilities

• Support the Director of Student Support in gathering, updating, and interpreting data on student progress and needs.
• Maintain records of student progress and services.
• Collaborate with the Director to identify students with emerging or shifting needs and administer initial psycho-educational evaluations.
• Collaborate with the Director of Student Support, the student support team, and faculty to create data-informed learning and support plans for students.
• Facilitate student-centered, inclusive processes for regularly updating learning plans.
• Provide small group, targeted Tier 2 support in push-in and pull-out formats.
• Support groups of students during after-school study hall.
• Support students in the development of executive functioning skills.
• Support faculty in providing robust tier 1 classroom accommodations.
• Foster inclusive physical learning environments.
• Complete necessary documentation for accommodations on external standardized testing.
• Act as case manager for individual students as assigned.
• Communicate consistently with classroom teachers to share current strategies and ensure thorough implementation of learning plans.
• Maintain strong lines of communication with families and caregivers of students.
• Participate in meetings regarding student progress.
• Design and deliver professional development for faculty on key areas.
• Communicate and collaborate with outside evaluators and service providers.
• Maintain a strong understanding of current learning support techniques.
• Chaperone overnight trips as requested.
• Participate in the life of the school and perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and/or professional coursework or certification indicating training applicable to the responsibilities of the position; advanced coursework preferred.
• Expertise in language and literacy development, particularly in a bilingual setting.
• Knowledge of French a plus but not required.

Skills

• Best practices in learning support with grades K-5
• Cross-cultural communication skills
• Team-oriented, collaborative approach
• Ability to develop trust with all constituencies
• Empathy
• Patience
• Passion for supporting students’ holistic development
• Growth mindset
• Current with developments in the field

Location

• San Francisco

Work Type

• Full-time
• Temporary

Experience Level

• Based on relevant years of experience

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree
• Professional coursework or certification
• Advanced coursework preferred

Salary/Compensations

• $65,153 - $110,975 pro-rated for the length of Leave coverage

About the Company

• The International School of San Francisco is a bilingual, multicultural learning community where students learn to navigate the complexities of the world with confidence, empathy, and joy.
• Our vibrant urban campus serves nearly 1,100 students beginning at age 2 and continuing through grade 12.
• Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the school offers programs of study in French and English.
• The school prepares its graduates for a world where critical thinking and cross-cultural communication are paramount.
• Working at the school opens up myriad opportunities, fostering intellectual engagement and joyful discovery.
• Faculty and staff benefit from a vibrant, multicultural, multilingual school community where values of respect, integrity, inclusion, collaboration, and curiosity are lived.

Equal Opportunity

• The International School of San Francisco is committed to providing an open, fair, inclusive, non-discriminatory environment for all individuals across differences of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, socio-economic status, ethnicity, age, physical ability, or medical condition.
• The school seeks to increase the presence, representation, and inclusion of U.S. historically under-represented people of color, international, bilingual, and bicultural students, faculty, and staff.
• The school aims to provide an environment that will attract and retain individuals identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and intersex (LGBTQQI).