Language Development Specialist Job Description
Full-time, 10-month position
Collaborates and Consults with:  Director and Assistant Director of the JAC, JAC teachers, FCDS administrative team, FCDS classroom teachers, school counselors, students, and parents. 

Responsibilities:

• Works with FCDS students who have a diagnosed learning disability, attentional deficit disorder, or other learning differences; instruction follows a systematic outline (documented skills sequence) to meet student needs based on the psychological report
• Formulates an accommodation sheet and plan for each student assigned to their yearly workload and serves as a support for teacher referrals and parent questions (includes in-program and out-of-program students)
• Works with other JAC personnel in the planning and implementation of individual, academic student needs
• Attends scheduled team meetings, coordinating the student’s progress; sets up and runs parent/teacher meetings for students who are in the referral process
• Communicates individual students’ pertinent educational recommendations made in the psychological reports to classroom teachers
• Consults with academic teachers and tutors as to appropriate techniques for working with students with learning differences
• Meets regularly with other JAC personnel to discuss issues of mutual concern, to share ideas, to collaborate on student difficulties/successes, and to determine instructional needs
• Writes comments quarterly to reflect student progress
• Assists in scheduling exams, tests, etc. for students’ with accommodations sheets
• Assists in the giving of the standardized FCDS testing
• Assists in placement recommendations during the admission process
• Evaluates admission testing for individual students making appropriate recommendations
• Communicates with parents on a bi-weekly basis through email or the use of On Campus Official Notes
• Attends divisional and JAC faculty meetings and general meetings
• Serves as an ambassador to FCDS
• Assists the Director of the JAC with any duties assigned

Qualifications:

• Requires Bachelor's degree in Special Education or Learning Disabilities, Master’s degree or certification in learning disabilities, preferred
• Formal training in multisensory, structured language education from Orton-Gillingham Academy at the Associate level, required; Consideration given to candidates who are in process of completing OG Associate level requirements
• Classroom experience working with students with diagnosed learning disabilities and/or dyslexic students (3+ years) strongly preferred

Essential functions:

• Regularly required to walk, talk, hear, reach with hands and arms, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds
• Must be able to sit and stand throughout the day, and bend, kneel, or squat to be at eye level with children.
• Must be able to operate a computer and have basic knowledge of Google Workspace
• Must be able to access and navigate all areas of the school and other facilities as needed
• Must be able to utilize oral and written communication skills effectively

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