Part Time Middle School Learning Specialist - August 2024 start date
Job Posting for Part Time Middle School Learning Specialist - August 2024 start date at Boulder Country Day School
For over 30 years Boulder Country Day School has been at the forefront of education in the Boulder Valley. The hallmarks of our school - Community, Character, Academic Excellence, and Small Class Sizes - are the keys to our success and allow us to create an educational experience where children innovate, create, grow and thrive. We believe our children are our future, and, to that end, we offer a broad-based liberal arts education that focuses on developing lifelong learners and responsible global citizens. The Boulder Country Day challenge, Discover Your Excellence, recognizes that excellence is teachable, personal, and can be achieved in a variety of different disciplines - academic, athletic, community service, leadership, and more. We seek to provide just the right amount of nurture, structure, and latitude to live up to this challenge.
Ideal candidates for employment at BCD share our beliefs and, above all, love working with children. We look for evidence of these traits in a candidate’s education, work, and volunteer experience. We believe everything we do is curriculum, and, as a result, we consider all BCD employees important members of our community. We look for employees who have intellectual lives outside of their classrooms or work spaces, believe intelligence is teachable and achievable and not inborn, are data driven, and ask great questions both of our school and our students.
Members of BCD’s Professional Staff:
- Find joy in taking risks and failing forward.
- Are passionate about their work; they are optimistic about and love working in a school environment.
- Possess a strong sense of integrity; they embody and promote trust and character in our school and its community.
- Employ innovative practices in their fields; they are curious, creative, and enthusiastic.
- Are eager to collaborate with multiple constituencies, including employees, parents, students, and members of the greater BCD community.
- Have a growth mindset; they are open minded, flexible, and reflective.
- Believe in and are committed to cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community.
- Model balance, are deeply curious, and share their interests within and outside of school.
Boulder Country Day School celebrates, honors, and appreciates all forms of diversity in an environment of inclusivity. Individual differences are highly regarded, nurturing the human dignity of each member of our community. Our intentional work to embrace and understand the value of diversity, equity, inclusivity, and social justice affords the freedom for all members of our school community to flourish as unique, confident, compassionate, and ethical individuals. Boulder Country Day does not discriminate against any employee, student, applicant for employment, or applicant for admission on the basis of age, disability, culture, ethnic origin, nationality, race, color, religion, creed, family, marital status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, military service, socioeconomic status or any other applicable status protected by federal, state, or local law.
This is a 60% part time position reporting to the Middle School Head. The Middle School Learning Specialist works with the Director of the Learning Center and the Learning Center Team to serve the learning needs of BCD’s middle school students. The Specialist also plays an important role in supporting BCD’s middle school teachers to meet the differentiated needs of the student population, and they serve as a key communication link between the school and its families.
Specific Responsibilities Include:
Specific Responsibilities Include:
- Facilitate “Student Support Team” meetings
- Mentor and support teachers to implement a strategic plan for ongoing intervention (remediation or enrichment) addressing individual students’ needs;
- Collaborate with the appropriate teachers, parents and/ or any other parties (tutors, psych- educational evaluators, and any other service providers) in implementing learning plans by providing resources, assistance, advice, and training in best practices and methodologies
- Create and implement protocols for determining students who will need the support of the Learning Center;
- Assess individual students to identify any potential learning needs, determine effective educational interventions, and make referrals for further assessment when appropriate;
- Maintain a comprehensive system for documenting and reporting students’ needs and progress.
- Serve as a mentor and guide for Middle teachers to help differentiate instruction by adjusting, modifying and enriching curricular approaches and improvement in pedagogy;
- Remain current with appropriate instructional theory, practice and research, including professional development to advance the role of the Learning Center.
- Utilize a push-in or pullout model to support students including proctoring students with extended time or separate locations.
- Assess incoming and prospective students for admission;
- Partner with local high schools to support students as they transition from BCD to their high school of choice
- Partner with and support BCD families in understanding BCD’s accommodations and curricular model
- Perform other tasks as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Director of the Learning Center and/or Head of School.
Hours and Pay
- BCD’s part time Middle School Learning Specialist will work 9:45 - 2:45
- Salary for Learning Specialists starts at 60% of full time positions. First year full time teachers start at $54,000 (for 10 months following an August through May school year calendar) and compensation increases commensurate with years of experience and degree attained.
- This is an exempt position with part time benefits:
- 10 paid holidays
- 2024 Wellness Floating Holiday – up to 8 hours to be used in 2024
- Wellness Stipend – up to $100 on wellness items such as fitness classes, fitness equipment, fitness electronics, massage, chiropractic services, etc.
- School closures Thanksgiving break, winter break, spring break
- Sick time – 1 hour of accrued sick leave per 30 hours worked, up to 48 hours per year
- Bereavement leave – up to 5 days for immediate family and 3 days for near relatives
- May be eligible for Leave of Absence (FMLA, FAMLI)
and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI)
- Retirement, 403(B) pre-tax plan with TIAA – eligible when you reach 1,000 hours of
- Child(ren) benefits:
- Tuition support – with tuition reduction based on hours worked for enrolled child(ren) during the school year
- Childcare support “After 3” – cost reduction for enrolled child(ren) during the school year
- Summer camp support – cost reduction for child(ren) enrolled in summer camp
How to Apply
We invite all interested and qualified candidates to send a current resume and cover letter expressing interest in the position to tchargalauf@bouldercountryday.org.
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