Education Specialist
Company: GPAC
Location: Miami
Posted on: April 26, 2024
Job Description:
Gpac is working with a growing school in Miami, FL that is in
need of an Education Specialist to join their dynamic team. This
will be a fully onsite position and is a year-round position.
-Compensation is competitive and based on experience.
-Responsibilities:
- Manage and direct learning for grades PreK- 12.
- oversee and direct members of the learning services team.
- Advocate for children and families.
- Set the tone and an example for how teachers should view
accommodations and provide them to students.
- Provide assistance directly to individual students and to small
groups. Direct and track staff as they perform one-on-one and
small-group instruction.
- Partner proactively with faculty and administration to support
students with different learning styles, and with teachers in their
efforts to advance students with different learning needs.
- Observe and evaluate individual students displaying academic or
behavioral difficulties and assess their learning strengths and
challenges.
- Participate in classroom instruction as needed.Develop student
accommodation/learning plans with long-term goals and specific
- objectives.
- Ensure teachers are informed and are providing accommodations
as they are described.
- As needed, provide written student-progress reports to the
school and families with assessment results and recommendations of
diagnostic testing and remedial programs for learning-related
issues.
- Maintain confidential student records and keep accurate
documentation of sessions, meetings, and assessments.
- Initiate and schedule conferences as needed.
- Recommend in-school and community resources for identified
students.
- Work closely with the School Counselor and outside
professionals to support students.
- Coordinate and facilitate communication between student,
family, school, and other involved professionals.
- Secure standardized testing accommodations for qualifying
students.
- Attend conferences and professional meetings in order to remain
current with industry trends.
- Participate in committee, department, and staff meetings as
well as school-sponsored events that would benefit from your area
of expertise.Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Special Education with a credential in
Reading or in a related field; graduate degree preferred.
- In-depth knowledge in teaching, evaluating, and improving
reading; experience working with children who have language-based
disabilities (reading/writing/language).
- 7 years or more of successful classroom teaching
experience.
- Knowledge of learning disabilities, psycho-educational tests,
reports, and assistive technology.
- Proven success as a leader in program and faculty
development.
- Full understanding of differentiated instructional strategies
across the curriculum.
- Outstanding interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
- Strong networking skills to ensure access to resources in the
broader community.
- High-energy and enthusiastic about working in an academic
atmosphere.If interested in being considered, please apply or
submit your resume to .All qualified applicants will receive
consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including
pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual
orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status,
genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable
laws or regulations. GPAC (Growing People and Companies) is an
award-winning search firm specializing in placing quality
professionals within multiple industries across the United States
since 1990. We are extremely competitive, client-focused and
realize that our value is in our ability to deliver the right
solutions at the right time.
Keywords: GPAC, Coral Gables , Education Specialist, Education / Teaching , Miami, Florida
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