Minnehaha Academy is a Christian school and a ministry of the Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church of America.
Our mission is to provide a high-quality education integrating Christian faith and learning so students grow in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and others.
Minnehaha Academy has an opening for a Learning Specialist (Teacher) for the 2022-2023 school year. This is a full-time, benefit eligible position.
The Middle School Learning Specialist (Teacher) will work directly with students, staff and parents to improve student achievement by providing research-based instruction, interventions and strategies to enhance academic success for students.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide one-on-one and small-group instruction for students in a variety of academic subjects
- Instruct/Mentor individuals and groups of students to strengthen academic skills including test-taking strategies, study skills, time and homework management, and techniques for communicating with teachers
- Participate in data analysis meetings to monitor student growth
- Provide testing accommodations for students
- Attend and contribute to student support team (SST) meetings
- Report regularly to parents on student progress
- Coordinate accessibility to audiobooks and assistive technology
- Develop and maintain communication and documentation protocols related to learning support (create, update, and maintain student learning plans and database as needed)
- Assist with requesting accommodations for student standardized testing in partnership with the guidance department
- Coordinate services for students with MPS IEPs
- Collaborate with counseling office to provide mental health support