Remote Learning Development Jobs in Mountain View, CA

Job Summary

The SLC Learning Specialist is responsible for developing, implementing, and monitoring interventions, indicated by testing, direct observations and self-reports, required by students to be successful at their respective high school and middle school. The specialist is knowledgeable and insightful into the academic and social-emotional challenges, often confronting students with learner variability including learning disabilities and ADHD. This position reports to the Schwab Learning Center Senior Learning Specialist. This position is a full time position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze individual student strengths and challenges and develop interventions to resolve academic impairment issues which may span multiple areas, using advanced technical and professional expertise

• Ensure student confidentiality and HIPAA by adhering to the policies and practices on the student’s contracts and with the students’ college.

• Fulfill reporting requirements that address the Center’s metrics.

• Conduct student-facing and parent-facing communications in a timely and professional manner.

• For each student, evaluate, and make customized recommendations on technology resources, executive function needs and learning strategies that will enhance the student’s opportunity for success.

• Provide direct advice to students and parents on a range of issues including, but not limited to, academic support, accessibility, workplace demands, executive functioning, and community standards to assist them in making appropriate choices and decisions.

• Provide consulting advice to key personnel involved with the student, most commonly the parent/guardian, that elevates their understanding of the student’s challenges and accommodations to enhance the student’s opportunity for success with that parent/guardian, teacher, professor, supervisor and/or related support personnel.

• Abide by established processes and policies designed to safeguard student’s confidentiality.

• Possess the ability to administer a variety of standardized academic assessments, rating scales and conduct interviews as part of developing a student’s Comprehensive Learning Toolkit; summarize key indicators, observations, and direct statements by the student in client summary form and intake notes.

• Collaborate with relevant professionals across the CHC agency, especially those in the Clinical Services Division and Administrative support areas.

• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

• Design and conduct relevant workshops for students and parents as needed.

• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

• Maintain commitment to child safety, mandated reporting duty, and professional boundaries.

Accountability

• Delivery of required reporting to be timely and accurate

• Manage expected caseload of students as assigned by the Director and/or Care Team.

• Active participation in program development, staff, and planning meetings

• High marks on student surveys relating to service delivery and meaningful relationship

Education and Qualifications:

• A master’s degree in Special Education, Learning Sciences, Psychology, or other program related to learning disabilities, neurodiversity, learner variability, cognitive neuroscience.

• Experience working with middle school, teen and/or young adult students with learning differences and attention challenges.

• Demonstrated interest and experience in applying research-based strategies and techniques.

• Experience and interest in assessment of student and program outcomes.

• Experience administering and/or interpreting educational measures and cognitive testing typically associated with learning disabilities, ADHD, and other types of learning differences.

• Experience collecting and analyzing data to use in the development of learning strategies/executive function skill building.

• Familiarity with Universal Design for Learning.

• Experience with developing e-portfolios preferred.

• Conference presentation experience is a plus

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Advanced communication skills to communicate information clearly and effectively to internal and external audiences, client groups, and all levels of management.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to review and analyze complex information.

• Advanced computer skills, including experience with Microsoft Office Suite and a variety of assistive and presentation software.

• Advanced client service skills.

• Competency in managing service time and developing invoices to assure timely and accurate financial transactions.

• Ability to take initiative and ownership of projects and proven success in following through and completing projects

• Ability to ensure and apply compliance with legal, financial, and CHC policies, procedures & regulations.

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Excellent interpersonal skills.

• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, and collaborate with excellence.

Physical and Special Job Requirements:

• An employee in this position may be required to occasionally lift, move and/or set-up stacks of documents such as training binders or other training materials, lap-top computers, in-focus projectors, flip charts and other materials required for meetings and presentations. The employee will also be required to work for extended periods of time at a computer.

• Flexibility will be required for the work schedule; evening and weekend hours will be required. Some work may be done remotely as approved by the Director, but most client meetings will be in person and onsite.

Contact with Others: Extensive interpersonal interaction with peers, subordinates and outside contacts.