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font-weight: bold\">Supervises: </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">NA</span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold\"><br></span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold\"><br></span></span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold\">Scope of work:</span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"> Responsible for learning support needs as identified by Head of School</span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><br></span></span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Experience Requirements:</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Ability to communicate effectively both orally and writing</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Ability to use learning support materials, and understanding of curriculum</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Clear CORI and MA fingerprinting</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Must be comfortable working in a culturally diverse environment and committed to embracing differences  and valuing multiple perspectives</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Education/Certification Requirements:</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Bachelor’s Degree</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Montessori certification preferred</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Special Education degree or experience preferred</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Phonics training preferred</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">General Responsibilities: </span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Work with classroom teachers to identify and support students who may be struggling academically or behaviorally</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Lead pull-out groups and provide pull-out services when needed</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Design and prepare learning support plans for individual students in the Toddler and Primary programs</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">IEP or 504 support for individual students</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Service coordination with outside service providers</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Specific Responsibilities:</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic\">Educational Program and Student Service</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Provide academic support to students through co-teaching, one on one and small group instruction </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Work collaboratively with teachers to identify students in need of support and help differentiate instruction </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Coordinate with outside service providers to provide in school support </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Work with families who are receiving outside support and communicate services to teachers</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Read and analyze psychoeducational evaluations, and act as a liaison between the teachers, families and outside providers</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Work in partnership with the Upper School and Children’s House Directors to ensure students, teachers and families are supported</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Meet regularly with Children’s House Director and Upper School Learning Specialist, working collaboratively to create and share curriculum related to Social Emotional Learning, Language, and any other identified areas that need more attention</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Demonstrate competency with Montessori philosophy and methods</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Maintain a safe, calm, engaging environment for students </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Set clear expectations for academic responsibilities and class routines</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Help teachers and/or students with any work plan or classroom differentiation necessary for their success</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Give lessons to individual students, and in small groups as instructed</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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