Learning Specialist - Part Time
Learning Specialist - Part Time
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$ 30 - 34
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Description
The Comprehensive Assistance Program (CAP) at Iona University is an optional feebased program that offers comprehensive support and services for students with diagnosed learning disabilities AD/HD traumatic brain injuries or are on the autism spectrum.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Engage mentor and support students in their academic and personal goals
- Help students to develop compensatory learning and study skills and to problem solve
- Teach organizational strategies study strategies time management testtaking skills and critical reasoning reading and writing skills
- Work collaboratively with the team to support students
- Conduct individual outreach to students as needed
- Participate in occasional meetings with students and their Instructors to clarify assignments or other course related matters
- Maintain an electronic summary of all work done with students
- Participate in weekly staff meetings
- Participate in professional development workshops and training
- Maintain a working knowledge of learning strategies attend trainings on topics pertaining to academic coaching/mentoring and engage in best practice
- Participate in all aspects of the Summer Transition Program
- Attend the University events associated with recruitment for the program
Qualifications
Job Requirements
- Masters Degree or higher in Psychology Counseling or similar field
- Experience teaching students with disabilities in High School or at the PostSecondary Level
- Must be able to take the initiative to assist students with problem solving and helping students to communicate with their Instructors.
- Must be willing to work with a structured team and be flexible
- Experience tutoring or coaching students with disabilities a plus
About Iona University/EEO language
Founded in 1940 Iona University is a mastersgranting private Catholic coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers. Ionas 45acre New Rochelle campus and 28acre Bronxville campus are just 20 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. With a total enrollment of nearly 4000 students and an alumni base of more than 50000 around the world Iona is a diverse community of learners and scholars dedicated to academic excellence and the values of justice peace and service. Iona is highly accredited offering undergraduate degrees in liberal arts science and business administration as well as Master of Arts Master of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees and numerous advanced certificate programs. Iona students enjoy small class sizes engaged professors and a wide array of academic programs across theSchool of Arts & Science;LaPenta School of Business;NewYorkPresbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences; andHynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Iona also continues to be recognized in prestigious national rankings. Most recently for 2025 Iona has been named one of the nations best colleges by The Princeton Review The Wall Street Journal Forbes and others. Additionally U.S. News & World Report recognized Iona as one of top colleges for social mobility in the country while Georgetown Universitys Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) ranked an Iona degree in the top 5 percent nationally for longterm return on LaPenta School of Business meanwhileis also accredited by AACSB International a recognition awarded to just 6 percent of business schools worldwide.
Iona offers a comprehensive benefits package to all fulltime employees that includes medical dental and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and longterm disability; employee assistance program (EAP); tuition remission; and generous time off. For more information on our benefits and working at Iona visit the Human Resources section of our website.
Iona University values and celebrates diversity and is committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all of our employees and does not tolerate discrimination based on any legally protected characteristic under applicable federal state or local laws. As an equal opportunity employer Iona University encourages applications from qualified candidates who reflect the wider world in which we live.
Required Experience:
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Employment Type
Part-Time
