Position Description

The learning specialist works with students, both directly and indirectly, to provide academic and emotional support.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

•Works with students, teachers, and other faculty to create strategies that promote a greater chance of academic success.

•Implements intervention and advising strategies for parents and students alike.

•Addresses poor habits relating to time management, lack of motivation, academic deficiencies, and issues with goal setting.

•Helps students develop learning preferences for more effective studying.

•Assess and evaluate student academic growth.

•Helps parents in the identification of students' intervention needs including relevant offered services.

•Utilizes effective tutoring to help students correct their issues with learning.

•Establishes positive relationships between students, teachers, parents, principals, guidance counselors, and others in order to ensure a collaborative effort.

•Design curriculum and create content to support established programs.

• other duties as assigned

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

•Demonstrates the ability to work with children of all ages who are dealing with various learning troubles.

•Possesses excellent teaching skills and the ability to intervene when children fall behind their peers academically.

•Exhibits outstanding organization and time management skills for managing a large workload. •Displays highly effective communication skills geared to various age groups.

•Is able to work well independently and with very limited supervision.

•Possesses the ability to make decisions based on factual evidence and observation.

•Demonstrates the ability to use multiple techniques to help students develop study, learning, and testing skills.

• Must be familiar with 504 and IEP process and able to serve students with different needs.

Education and Experience

Must possess at least a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university