Part-Time Learning Specialist (Kâ8)
Part-Time Learning Specialist (Kâ8)
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08-07-2025
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Do you seek a positive school culture filled with collaborative colleagues craving the freedom to create great learning experiences for your students We invite innovative and engaging teachers to assist in teaching high-ability students. Bring your belief in hands-on learning alive by working collaboratively to help design ability-based approaches for literacy and math while supporting social/emotional growth. Meet students where they are developmentally and engage them with challenging content and tasks fostering complex thinking and robust skill development. Were looking for a dynamic Learning Specialist to join our progressive student-centered community at Acera. Youll collaborate with faculty to support students with diverse learning profiles provide direct instruction in literacy and executive functioning and serve as a key member of our student support team.Why Join AceraAcera is a progressive independent school serving high-ability students ages 5 to 15. We offer a supportive flexible and intellectually vibrant work environment where teachers are trusted as professionals and collaborators. Our mission-driven culture encourages creativity innovation and the pursuit of meaningful learningfor both students and educators. At the start of each school year our teachers observe and evaluate students to create the right dynamic and differentiated learning setting for their students. If you are a dynamic thoughtful and compassionate teacher who is eager to learn and loves both elementary education and the spark of gifted learners we encourage you to apply and bring your passion to our community.Acera: The Massachusetts School of Science Creativity and Leadership5 Lowell Avenue Winchester MA 01890 (8 miles north of Boston) Job Duties & Key ResponsibilitiesStudent Support & Instruction
- Provide individualized and small-group support in literacy math writing and executive functioning for gifted and twice-exceptional students across a range of developmental levels.
- Deliver targeted interventions using research-based methodsincluding Orton-Gillingham structured math supports and executive functioning coachingto address specific learning needs.
- Administer and interpret diagnostic and formative assessments to monitor progress and inform instructional strategies.
- Identify students who may benefit from additional academic or behavioral support through close collaboration with classroom teachers and administrators.
- Foster student growth in self-awareness metacognition and self-advocacy supporting confidence and independence as learners.
- Use a combination of push-in and pull-out models to reinforce and differentiate instruction in core academic settings.
- Track and support academic and executive functioning goals through regular progress monitoring and adjustment of supports.
- Partner with classroom teachers to co-create and implement differentiated strategies and accommodations aligned with individual student learning profiles.
- Participate actively in student support meetings to collaboratively identify needs and develop support plans.
- Conduct classroom observations and provide timely constructive feedback to inform teaching practices and student supports.
- Interpret psychoeducational evaluations and translate findings into actionable classroom strategies and individualized learning plans (ILPs).
- Maintain and update student learning profiles and ILPs in collaboration with teachers families and specialists
- Serve as a liaison between school families and outside providers to ensure consistency of supports across settings.
- Facilitate both verbal and written communication around student growth including contributing to progress reports and family conferences.
- Contribute to ongoing professional learning by leading training in areas such as Universal Design for Learning (UDL) executive functioning and differentiation for gifted and twice-exceptional learners.
- Bachelors degree in education special education or a related field
- Minimum 35 years of experience working with elementary and/or middle school students with learning differences
- Knowledge of learning profiles including dyslexia dysgraphia ADHD autism and twice-exceptionality
- Experience designing and delivering differentiated instruction and interventions
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- Comfort with assistive technology and digital learning tools
- Masters degree in special education learning disabilities or reading instruction
- Specialized training in Orton-Gillingham Wilson or equivalent structured literacy training
- Experience interpreting and applying psychoeducational assessment data
- Experience in progressive or independent school environments
- Familiarity with executive functioning coaching Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and SEL integration
- Salary is competitive and will be determined based on experience.
- School year position part-time
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