Academic Interventionist - Kindle Farm School - Newfane
Academic Interventionist - Kindle Farm School - Newfane
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Job Title: Academic Interventionist
Position Summary:
The Academic Interventionist provides targeted instructional support to students who are performing below grade level in core academic areas such as reading writing and mathematics. The interventionist works closely with classroom teachers school administrators and support staff to develop and implement intervention strategies monitor student progress and help close achievement gaps.
Kindle Farm School Overview
Located in Newfane Vermont Kindle Farm School is a therapeutic independent day school serving male identifying students grades 212. The school provides a highly individualized handson and relationshipbased educational environment for students who have not thrived in traditional school settings due to social emotional behavioral or learning challenges.
Kindle Farm offers a holistic approach that integrates academics vocational education therapeutic supports and experiential learning across a rich milieu that includes classrooms forests workshops and working farms. The school day may include carpentry mechanics sustainable agriculture wilderness skills and arts all designed to promote student growth through authentic meaningful engagement.
Key Academic Interventionist Responsibilities:
- Deliver small group and oneonone academic interventions based on student needs.
- Collaborate with classroom teachers to identify students in need of academic support.
- Use data (e.g. assessment scores progress monitoring tools) to plan and adjust instruction.
- Maintain detailed records of student progress and regularly report on outcomes.
- Assist in the development of intervention plans and participate in student support meetings.
- Provide input into the selection of instructional materials and resources.
- Support implementation of schoolwide academic initiatives and RTI (Response to Intervention) processes.
- Participate in professional development related to intervention strategies and instructional best practices.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Education or related field (Masters degree preferred).
- Prior experience in teaching or providing academic interventions.
- Strong knowledge of assessment tools instructional strategies and differentiation.
- Excellent communication organizational and collaboration skills.
Working Conditions:
The milieu at Kindle Farm is intentionally structured supportive and dynamic. Students are served in small classes with high stafftostudent ratios and natural incentives tailored to their interests and needs. Relationships form the foundation of the schools philosophy students flourish when they are met with consistency respect and compassion by staff who model resilience and emotional regulation. Staff members work closely across disciplines (academics clinical vocational) to ensure individualized success.
Successful Kindle Farm candidates are:
- Relationally Driven Strong interpersonal skills a commitment to building trust with students and the ability to set respectful boundaries are essential.
- Flexible and Creative Able to adapt instruction and intervention strategies based on student needs and context and to incorporate personal passions into programming.
- Collaborative Teamoriented with a willingness to coteach coplan and engage in multidisciplinary problemsolving.
- Experiential Educators Comfortable teaching & mentoring through doing whether in a garden shop classroom or on a hiking trail.
- Behaviorally Savvy Familiarity with traumainformed approaches and a readiness to support students with emotional and behavioral challenges.
- MissionAligned Motivated by Kindle Farms commitment to alternative education and the belief that all students deserve a chance to succeed in a safe respectful and engaging environment.
Employment Type
Full-Time
