Website Live Oak School
Live Oak School supports the potential and promise of each student. We provide a strong academic foundation, foster skills to effect change, and develop courageous and conscientious learners from all backgrounds. We inspire students to advance equity and inclusion, to act with compassion and integrity, and to pursue a lifelong passion for learning.
Live Oak is accepting resumes for a Learning Specialist to begin in August 2021. Applicants should have relevant experience, professional training, enjoy collaborative work, demonstrate a commitment to issues of equity and social justice, and feel a resonance with the school’s mission, vision, values, and educational philosophy. Please submit a resume, cover letter, and statement of educational philosophy.
This is a full-time position and reports to the Director of Learning Services.
Primary Responsibilities and Duties of the Learning Specialist
Reading Remediation – plan and deliver small group multi-sensory reading and spelling lessons as well as comprehension lessons to select groups of lower school students
Faculty Collaboration – push into classrooms to support, observe, and give feedback for implementation of a balanced, responsive, and differentiated approach to literacy.
Screening and Assessment – develop and implement robust assessment practices; provide regular feedback to teachers and parents and students when appropriate.
Meetings – participate in Student Resource Group (SRG) and weekly grade level and staff meetings.
Referrals – make recommendations to families regarding outside evaluations and support services.
