Learning Specialist (NY)

Who We Are

Excellence Community Schools (ECS) is a Charter Management Organization (CMO) supporting schools in the Bronx, NY and Stamford, CT. Our programs are based on a proven, nationally recognized model, which originated in our flagship school, the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, a National Blue Ribbon School.

Our Mission and Vision

Our schools prepare young scholars to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private, and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and ethical development. We accomplish this by offering a challenging and rigorous academic curriculum, which at the earliest of grades has an eye towards college preparation. To achieve this, our schools create a supportive and caring environment that at all times has high expectations of all students. We offer a differentiated, project-based learning environment that seeks to develop high-level analytic and critical thinking skills in all of our students. Our engaging and rigorous approach to educating our scholars is implemented by a collaborative team of teachers.

Who We Need:

We are seeking individuals who are dedicated, ambitious, and committed to student success and education reform. Qualified candidates must demonstrate records of achievement, high degrees of personal responsibility, and the drive to do whatever it takes to ensure that every child achieves academic success. This individual must be committed to excellence, lead by example, and see collaboration as a key component of success.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison between district, CSE, and school personnel for special education services provided by the school.

• Oversee and coordinate special education services and personnel to ensure students’ needs are being met.

• Provide instructional leadership and direct intervention support within the school’s literacy/reading block, including delivering targeted small-group instruction and supporting the implementation of evidence-based reading interventions.

• Collaborate with school leadership and teachers to identify, assess, and analyze students who are at risk of academic or behavioral difficulty; support the development, implementation, and monitoring of appropriate interventions; and use student data to inform instructional and intervention decisions.

• Coordinate and monitor an assigned caseload of students receiving IEP services and/or additional intervention support. This includes ensuring that IEP programs and services are implemented as required, supporting teachers with effective case management and progress monitoring, and collaborating with school leadership to address student needs.

• Direct instruction and intervention support will be assigned based on the needs of the school and the Learning Specialist’s overall service coordination responsibilities.

• Support school-wide academic and behavioral intervention processes, including academic intervention programs and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs), by collaborating with leadership and teachers to ensure interventions are implemented, documented, monitored, and adjusted based on student needs and progress.

• Provide specialized instructional support and leadership in progress monitoring, student observations, and consultation with general education teachers.

• Support the development, implementation, and progress monitoring of students’ IEPs and instructional programming. excellenceschools.org

• Coordinate the school’s Section 504 processes, including referrals, documentation, meetings, implementation, and monitoring of 504 plans in collaboration with school leadership and relevant staff.

• Coordinate and support school-wide English Language Learner (ELL) identification, documentation, instructional support, and compliance protocols and processes in collaboration with school leadership and instructional staff.

• Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations pertaining to the education of students with special needs, including ADA, IDEA, and students’ IEPs.

• Facilitate the administration of policies and procedures related to students with special needs and other student support processes.

• Support faculty in the implementation of effective, differentiated classroom instruction and management

 • Support, prepare, and submit requisite reports in a timely manner.

• Demonstrate a relentless pursuit to promote excellence in student achievement and conduct and maintain and exemplify culture of high expectations and accountability for scholarly and professional conduct.

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