Job Title: Learning Support Teacher

Reports To: Dean of Academics Lower School

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt / Hourly

Department: Learning Support

Schedule: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Summary:

The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain is a co-educational, independent school with approximately 575 students from Early Childhood through grade eight and 110 employees. Located in beautiful Summerlin near the entrance to Red Rock Natural Preserve and about 20 minutes from downtown Las Vegas, Alexander Dawson’s education reflects its Core Beliefs.

The Alexander Dawson School seeks a full-time learning support teacher to work with our Lower School Learning Support Team. As a learning support team member in the lower school, this position works with a team of educators to provide “right there” instruction to students in grades K-4 helping to meet the differentiated needs of the students. The candidate will provide “push-in” or small group support, primarily in the areas of literacy and math.

Essential Functions: The essential duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

Learning Support Team Member:

Instructional Support

• Collaborate across grade level teams

• Provide student support in push-in/pull-out models

• Prepare and plan lessons for small group interventions/enrichment

• Summarize student progress and provide feedback to teachers

• Administer Dawson benchmark assessments

• Conduct one-on-one student conferences

• Facilitate whole group instruction

• Serve in a substitute teacher role as needed

• Assist with classroom prep (copying, bulletin boards, material preparation)

Professional Responsibilities & Mindsets

• Carry out recess and carpool duty

• Attend professional meetings and trainings

• Adhere to all policies and procedures in the Dawson employee handbook

• Commit to understanding Dawson curriculum, DEI values, and guiding tenets of instruction

• Ability to model, support and value social emotional learning with students and colleagues

• Proficient in using school technology to provide student support, planning, feedback, research, and creation of education projects

• Willingness and desire to participate in and attend professional development opportunities

Competencies:

• Adaptability – Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events

• Attendance/Punctuality – Is consistently at work and on time

• Confidentiality – Maintains confidential information

• Dependability – Keeps commitments

• Ethics – Treats people with respect; works with integrity and ethically; upholds organizational values

• Judgment – Exhibits sound and accurate judgment

• Oral Communication – Excellent writing and verbal communication skills

• Organizational Support – Follows policies and procedures

• Problem Solving – Uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics

• Professionalism – Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position

• Safety and Security – Observes safety and security procedures; reports potentially unsafe conditions

• Strategic Thinking – Identifies external threats and opportunities.

• Teamwork - Ability to work independently and in teams

• Driven and humble

Education & Experience:

• Experience working with elementary-aged students.

• High level of computer technical skills required, utilizing Google Suite products, student information systems, and learning management systems

• Preferred AA, BA, or BS in education-related field

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually more than moderate, due to the presence of large numbers of children.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.