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About the Role

The Learning Specialist supports students in identifying and addressing academic barriers, developing effective learning strategies, and accessing appropriate accommodations. This role primarily serves students with diagnosed learning and attentional differences, physical impairments, and medical conditions, while also supporting students seeking to improve their academic performance.

Responsibilities

Manage an ongoing caseload of students, providing individualized support in learning strategies, organization, planning, self-regulation, and self-advocacy.
Guide students and families through the SLA/PLP process, helping students understand their learning needs and access appropriate accommodations.
Collaborate with teachers and families to coordinate support, monitor student progress, and adjust strategies as needed.
Support students experiencing academic challenges, including those without diagnosed learning differences, through individual meetings, tutoring, and targeted interventions.
Develop and facilitate workshops focused on metacognitive, organizational, and self-regulatory strategies.
Help identify students who may benefit from further evaluation and coordinate with the Director of the LSC regarding assessment resources and referrals.
Provide academic support across subject areas, drawing on individual areas of expertise.
Support groups of students during after-school study hall for up to two hours per week.
Coordinate on-site accommodated assessments, including scheduling, arranging proctor coverage, tracking tests, and managing test request forms.
Communicate proactively with students, teachers, and proctors about testing arrangements, accommodations, and coverage needs.
Coordinate accommodations for standardized testing, including PSAT, SAT, and AP exams.
Share responsibility for proctoring accommodated assessments, including weekend standardized testing as needed.
Assist the Director of the LSC in maintaining accurate, confidential student records and managing administrative processes.
Coordinate with external providers, including tutors, tutoring organizations, and assessment professionals.
Organize and monitor LSC programs and resources, including peer tutoring, Audio Archives, Historical Records Archives, and subject-specific tutoring.
Contribute ideas for strengthening LSC services and expanding support for the school community.
Attend faculty/staff and community meetings as required.
Maintain strict confidentiality regarding student, family, and employee information.
Participate in professional development, faculty and staff committees and groups.
Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree preferred.
Relevant professional experience in special education, learning support, or a related field may be considered in lieu of the degree requirement.
Five or more years of experience working directly with students in special education, learning support, or a related field; experience supporting high school students preferred.
Knowledge of learning and attentional differences and their implications for academic access and student support.
Ability to interpret psychoeducational evaluations and apply findings to learning strategies and accommodations.
Familiarity with Universal Design for Learning and the social model of disability.
Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to manage a student caseload, testing logistics, and detailed administrative responsibilities.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment when working with students, families, and sensitive information.
Willingness to pursue professional development in equitable and inclusive educational practices.
Flexibility to adjust work hours to support after-school LSC availability and work occasional weekend days for standardized testing.

Skills

Learning strategies
Organization
Planning
Self-regulation
Self-advocacy
Communication
Interpreting psychoeducational evaluations
Universal Design for Learning
Social model of disability
Assistive technology
Artificial intelligence
Emerging tools that support academic access and learning

Location

San Francisco, CA

Work Type

Full Time
Full-time

Experience Level

Five or more years of experience

Education Level

Bachelors Degree

Salary/Compensations

$85000.00 - $110000.00Salary/year
$85,000 to $110,000 annually

About the Company

Lick-Wilmerding High School is a private school with public purpose, serving 560 students in grades 9-12 in San Francisco.
Since its founding in 1895 as a vocational school, Lick-Wilmerding High School has built upon a long tradition of valuing and integrating the liberal arts, sciences, technical arts, visual arts and performing arts to offer a robust college-prep curriculum.
LWHS has a rich and distinctive academic program, with thriving departments, vibrant student life, and signature initiatives like the Center for Civic Engagement and the Public Purpose Program.
Faculty and students are passionate, engaged, and grounded in our core values of belonging, craft, excellence, and optimism.

Equal Opportunity

LWHS is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture.
LWHS prohibits in all its programs, including hiring and employment practices, discrimination or harassment against any member or group based upon race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, medical condition (including pregnancy), genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other category protected under California or federal law, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification.