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MS Learning Support and Math Specialist

Reports to: Division Principal or designee

Collaborates closely with: Assistant Principals, Head of Department, Instructional Coach, K-12 Coordinators and Specialists, and other colleagues as appropriate.

RESPONSIBILITIES: (Including but not limited to)

Candidate will teach 1-3 sections of MS Math (depending on scheduling and need)

1. Classroom Responsibilities: To provide learning opportunities for every child relative to his needs, abilities, and stages of development establishing effective relationships with students based on mutual respect, recognizing the individuality of each child, ensuring an effective and challenging learning environment, and ensuring the classroom is an attractive and welcoming place.
2. Planning, Curriculum, and Organizational Responsibilities: To design authentic and meaningful units by starting with the end in mind. Use effective instructional strategies to make learning interactive, exciting, meaningful, and social. Develop and manage classroom resources. Provide students feedback to support their academic and social-emotional growth. Use standards to guide evaluation of student work, and record results to provide an accurate assessment of student achievement.
3. Professional Development Expectations: To embrace a growth mindset by keeping up-to-date on best practices, engaging in teacher development opportunities, participating in in-service courses, attending professional meetings as scheduled by Leadership, seeking out and using feedback from coaches and administrators, and participating in the ISP professional learning cycle as outlined in the evaluation process.
4. Community Expectations: Engage with our ISP community by sharing updates on the progress and development of the students in the teacher’s care, as well as important events happening in the classroom. Find opportunities to meet with parents, caregivers, and guardians to discuss the progress and development of the students, and collaborate to support the child’s specific needs, interests, and passions. Connect with our larger community by attending PTA events, athletics events, and various student performances.

Additional Learning Support Specialist Responsibilities:

• Maintain/update the Learning Support program at ISP to best serve students with learning differences and/or attentional or executive function concerns.
• Implement interventions for students identified who need additional support in core subjects (i.e. extra help in the area of math, reading, writing and study skills).
• Provide students with learning differences the most appropriate program within the academic environment of ISP. This may involve running intervention programs, co-planning, co-teaching and co-assessing or consulting. This can also require contacting/working with outside professionals (neurologist, psychiatrists, psychologist, etc.).
• Coordinate Student Support Team (SST) meetings for students who have been referred to the learning support program. The SST meets to discuss students that are not performing well academically or socially. The SST is made up of the Principal, Counselor, Teacher Representative, and LS/EAL Teachers.
• Maintain systems for documenting child studies, disseminating information, filing and the use of these records.
• Develop Individual Educational Plans (I.E.P.) for every student in the special needs program, and meet with parents periodically to discuss progress.
• Conduct benchmarking and progress monitoring assessments when necessary. Use data to evaluate and adjust IEP goals when necessary.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Passion for working with and appreciation of middle school students
• Deep dedication to continual growth and development
• Eagerness to collaborate with colleagues
• A willingness to be flexible, and adaptable, and committed to the unique nature of working in an international school
• Organization, time management, and problem solving skills
• Experience designing authentic units and assessment using a backwards design model
• A high degree of professionalism
• Commitment to participating in the whole school experience including fostering joy as an authentic and important part of the learning process for students and staff.

Requisitos

IDEAL TRAITS

• Strong knowledge/ability in mathematics (ability to tutor/co-teach at advanced middle school levels); background in math teaching is ideal
• Skill in change management and in building momentum/buy-in with teaching staff
• Knowledge of co-teaching models
• Strong understanding of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Blended Learning models
• Flexible and comfortable working in a variety of classrooms
• Willingness to support all learners in a co-taught class including Learning Support, EAL and the general education population
• Collaborate and work with other specialists and divisions

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE JOB

• Experience in Learning Support at the Middle School level
• Bachelor or Master Degree in Education or in relevant subject area with teaching experience as per above
• High level of English proficiency
• Cross cultural sensitivity and an international mindset
• Previous experience in an international school is desirable
• Experience in Standards Based Grading is desirable
• Experience with benchmarking and progress monitoring assessments