MIDDLE SCHOOL LEARNING CONSULTANT

JOB DESCRIPTION

Title: Learning Consultant – Middle School

FLSA Status: _X_ Exempt ___ Non-Exempt ___ Part-time

Job Summary:

Learning Consultants at De Smet Jesuit collaborate with faculty and administration to support students

with learning disabilities or other special needs. They ensure that environmental factors and technology

are optimized for the academic and personal success of the students under their care. This is done in the

Jesuit tradition and the spirit of cura personalis. This position must maintain the highest professional

standards of confidentiality, discretion and compassion.

Specific Responsibilities:

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assessing students to identify issues that are affecting development, learning, or testing ability

• Identifying resource or environmental issues which may affect student learning or testing

• Advising faculty regarding students in their classrooms who have learning needs

• Assisting faculty with developing support plans for students with diagnosed learning needs

• Working closely with parents and families to ensure that students are receiving necessary parental

• Collaborating with faculty and administration to ensure that students have the appropriate

• Training faculty in classroom techniques to maximize learning capabilities of students with

• Identifying reasonable academic targets for students with learning needs

• Identifying, developing, or obtaining essential resources or to assist students with their learning

• Monitoring the classroom and school environment to eliminate barriers to student learning and to

• Guiding students and their families to appropriate outside resources for students with learning

• Managing and facilitating communication with outside resources for students with learning needs

• Assisting with curriculum development to accommodate students with learning needs

• Advising students with learning needs on techniques and resources for ensuring their academic

• Tutoring or testing students with learning needs as appropriate

Supervision Exercised

• None

Supervision Received

• Dean of Middle School

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in education, special education, educational counseling, or

related area

• At least two years of relevant consultant or teaching experience in an educational setting

• Superior skills in problem solving and interpersonal communications

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Teacher’s certificate in education, guidance and counseling, or special education

• Middle school experience in a Catholic setting

• Understanding of and commitment to the spirit and mission of Jesuit education

• Practicing Catholic, committed to Catholic orthodoxy