Learning Specialist
Company: Lake Forest Country Day School
Location: Lake Forest
Posted on: May 15, 2022
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Job Description:
Lake Forest Country Day School (LFCDS) seeks a talented and
dedicated full-time Learning Specialist, starting in August 2022.
This qualified candidate will join the Student Support team in
providing research-based specialized instruction to students with a
diverse range of learning needs and learning differences. The
candidate will work collaboratively with the Student Support team,
classroom teachers, students in preschool--8th grade, parents, and
administrators to problem-solve and help students develop skills
and strategies that adhere to their individual needs and enhance
academic growth.
LFCDS, located on a 30-acre campus about 30 miles north of Chicago,
Illinois, is a co-educational, independent day school serving 400
students from age 2 through eighth grade. The School has a long
tradition of producing thoughtful, confident, and successful
students. Children are known, loved, and challenged at LFCDS, and a
state-of-the-art facility provides a remarkable setting for
inspired teaching, academic rigor, and attention to individual
needs. -
The central mission of the Learning Specialist is to ensure that
Lake Forest Country Day School identifies and supports its students
who learn differently during elementary grades through middle
school and provide appropriate instruction and intervention based
on educational best practices supported by neuroscience research.
The Learning Specialist role also includes a responsibility to work
collaboratively with other faculty members to help ensure
curricular offerings are fully differentiated to meet the student's
needs, and includes helping write and design individualized
learning plans for students and updating them as needed. -
Key Responsibilities -
Prepare and support students as they transition between each grade
and secondary school. - Professional and Personal Qualifications -
Core Values: Excellence, Partnership, Responsibility,
Participation, Diversity -
Interested applicants should send a letter of interest, resume, and
the names of three professional references (personal statement
optional) in PDF format to the attention of Robin Baasen, Director
of Student Support, at robin.baasen@lfcds.org with the subject line
"Learning Specialist Application."
Lake Forest Country Day School seeks and embraces diversity among
our faculty, staff, and student body. LFCDS is an Equal Opportunity
Employer, and it does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, religion,
marital status, disability, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual
orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, order of
protection status, genetic information, or any other category
protected by applicable law. A co-educational independent private
school for students age 2 through Grade 8.
Graduating students of strong character with a passion for learning
since 1888.
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