Licensed Learning Specialist, K - 5 at The Harker School

About the Employer

The Harker School is a coeducational, nonsectarian, college preparatory school serving TK through grade 12. Harker has three campuses (lower, middle, and upper schools) located within minutes of San Jose. For more than 100 years, Harker's mission has remained constant: to create an environment that promotes academic excellence, inspires intellectual curiosity, expects personal accountability, and forever instills a genuine passion for learning. We are tremendously proud of our century-old tradition of excellence in education and the international recognition our students, faculty, and programs have earned. We believe the best way to prepare our students is to provide the best academic and extracurricular programs possible. Harker provides a challenging and balanced education. The Harker experience comprises the following cornerstones: students and families, teachers, curriculum, and the learning environment, including inspiring facilities. The Harker School is in the Santa Clara Valley of California. We enjoy 300-plus days of sunshine per year, a perfect climate to take advantage of our beautiful mountain ranges, great for hiking, camping, and biking. We’re just a short drive to Santa Cruz, where one can enjoy being by the ocean and among the beautiful redwood trees. Santa Clara is home to a variety of startup companies and tech giants. We are fortunate to live in a diverse community with various socioeconomic backgrounds, religious beliefs, and cultural identities.

Job Summary

Job Summary

The Harker School, a private TK - 12, located in San Jose, CA seeks qualified applicants for a full-time, benefited position as a Learning Specialist at our Lower School. Position Summary This highly specialized practitioner is responsible for the overall coordination, oversight, monitoring, and remediation of student support services. The K-5 Learning specialist works closely with the Assistant Head of School, Academic Affairs, the lower school division heads and counselors, parents, classroom teachers, and outside professionals. This practitioner will also work closely with the 6-12 learning specialists to ensure consistency of practices, procedures, accommodations, and instructional learning plans. The K-5 learning specialist possesses significant knowledge of learning and social/emotional disabilities, the ability to interpret test results of cognitive, achievement, and learning and social/emotional disability diagnostic tests, knowledge of legal standards in compliance with state and federal laws, and an understanding of diverse teaching strategies across the curriculum. This essential resource helps lower school students understand their unique learning needs and assists teachers in working with them. The K-5 learning specialist identifies students needing accommodations, reviews psychological/ neuropsychological evaluations completed by private specialists, develops strategies to meet the needs of identified students and plans for any necessary accommodations (Accommodation Plans), and designs professional development for new and veteran teachers regarding learning needs, coordinates meetings with families and teachers to discuss accommodations and recommendations, coordinates out of school tutors and faculty, and provides student remediation as necessary.

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