Career Center
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, New York
Walla Walla, Washington
Posted: 04-May-23
Location: Marion, Massachusetts
Type: Full Time
Preferred Education:
About Tabor Academy
Tabor Academy has a rich history that dates back to 1876 when the school was founded by Elizabeth Taber. Mrs. Taber had a lofty vision for the institution, including building character of young people from across the country. Today, we honor that legacy and embrace an international and diverse student body. Our work is guided by our principles of life-long learning, personal responsibility, and care for others. Here, students are encouraged to take risks and challenge themselves as they prepare to step into the world as global leaders.
For nearly 150 years, Tabor Academy has served the Marion, Massachusetts community as a premier coeducation, college preparatory boarding and day school. As the School by the Sea, Tabor offers an uncommonly beautiful setting in which to live and learn for students grades 9-12. The school provides a wide breadth of academic offerings for students to explore their interests, understand their strengths, and develop their critical thinking and communication skills. Tabor graduates are leaders, adaptable, and exceptionally skilled at navigating the 21st century.
Summary
Tabor Academy seeks a full-time Learning Specialist, ideally with background in sciences and mathematics, who will work with the Director of Learning Support in the ASSIST Learning Center to provide individualized and/or small group tailored support to students with a variety of learning needs. This individual will also work in collaboration with the Director Learning Support to develop and manage academic programming and resources that help further ASSIST’s mission in encouraging students to foster a growth mindset and work towards becoming strong self-advocates in navigating their learning experience through skill-based strategies and teaching. The ASSIST Learning Center teaches strategies for organizing and prioritizing assignments, managing time, improving study skills through active learning strategies, in addition to providing tutorial support in specific content areas when needed. Under the direction and supervision of the Director of Learning Support, the Learning Specialist will foster a positive, structured, and caring environment, while also providing direct support and instruction to identified students. As a residential school, Tabor considers the work of faculty broadly, and we engage with students both during and beyond the academic day. Faculty at Tabor can expect to contribute two seasons in the co-curricular and/or athletic program and to be responsible for weekly evening and monthly weekend supervisory duties. This position can include housing.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
- Take the lead on providing tutorial support in sciences, biology, chemistry, and/or physics preferred, and in mathematics, all levels from Algebra 1 to Calculus preferred.
- Evaluate the individual academic needs of each student referred to ASSIST to determine the most appropriate support intervention.
- Provide targeted support in the areas of time management, organization, and effective learning strategies applied to academic content in both individual and small group settings.
- Provide support in the writing process, including getting started and completing writing assignments, research skills, outlining, and managing issues of procrastination and perfectionism.
- Maintain notes in the ASSIST database and provide ongoing communication with the Director of Learning Support, advisors, faculty members, students, and families.
- Track student growth with progress monitoring.
- Follow up with students and advisors about missed appointments and rescheduling appointments, as needed.
- Attend team meetings for specific students and other students at risk, as needed.
- Experience working with students with learning disabilities.
- Support teaching faculty by offering resources, assistance, advice, and training to enable faculty to better meet the needs of all learners.
The successful candidate will:
- embrace an initiative-driven faculty culture focused on advancing Tabor Academy’s mission
- possess an understanding of current teaching pedagogies and adolescent development
- model flexibility in both implementing best learning practices and pursuing success for each student
- possess a high degree of cultural competency and demonstrated experience working with diverse populations and perspectives
- demonstrate fluency with academic technology that advances learning for students and a willingness to integrate technology into classroom experiences
- enjoy collaborating with colleagues within and across subject areas, and all aspects of school life
- invest in the community and participate in the lives of our students outside of the classroom
- convey patience, empathy, enthusiasm, and optimism in their work with adolescents and faculty
- possess excellent interpersonal, communication (writing, listening, speaking), and organizational skills, and exhibit the ability to interact and work effectively with students, parents, faculty and other employees
- commit to self-reflection, work independently, and pursue professional growth and networking opportunities that will allow for full engagement in discovering and implementing best practices in this role
Qualifications
Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
Preferred: Experience in residential oversight and/or secondary or post-secondary instruction.
To Apply
Electronic materials only, please. If interested, please send employment application, cover letter, resume, and educational philosophy to employment@taboracademy.org with “Learning Specialist” in the Subject line.
Tabor Academy is eager to consider applications from people traditionally underrepresented in independent boarding school communities.
Tabor Academy is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community – and hiring and retention processes, more specifically – informed by the NAIS Principles of Good Practice – Equity and Justice. Additionally, across all areas of school life, we prioritize practices based on Mind Brain Education (MBE) research; the relational skills of active listening, empathic understanding, critical thinking, and genuine inquiry; and pursuits that actively seek out and invite in diverse perspectives. At Tabor Academy, 540 students come from all over the United States and over 21 countries to be part of an engaging community. Our diverse and inclusive student body welcomes individuals from all races, religions, and economic backgrounds and fosters students becoming engaged and committed global citizens with a disposition to act in service to the common good.
Located 15 minutes from culturally rich New Bedford, home to the Whaling National Historical Park; stories from when the city was a station on the Underground Railroad and home to Frederick Douglass; a hub for Blue Economy Corridor innovation; seafood from America’s #1 fishing port; and a landscape that attracts sailors, bikers, and golfers, Marion and the Southcoast are teeming with opportunity.
Tabor Academy does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of age, gender, religion, race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, disability, or national or ancestral origin in the administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic and other Academy-administered programs, or in the administration of its hiring and employment practices.
