Middle School Learning Specialist

 Description

Stevens Cooperative School is seeking an Middle School Learning Specialist for our Jersey City and Hoboken campuses for the 2026-2027 school year.  The School is open to either a full-time or part-time individual to fill this role as follows:

1. A full-time and cross campuses 5 day per week middle school learning specialist
2. A part-time, one campus 3 day per week middle school learning specialist

Reports to: Both Campus Principals in Model 1 and One Campus Principal in Model 2

The Candidate 

You have knowledge and experience with literacy education and learning support for middle school ages. You can identify and implement appropriate strategies to meet particular learning needs of individual students. You have experience with and knowledge of reading and writing curriculum development and you have strong classroom management and pedagogy skills. You are comfortable administering assessments, interpreting results, and supporting individual students in a push-in mode, particularly in humanities areas, and setting goals. You are experienced and confident as a coach to middle school teachers in supporting the literacy, humanities and executive functioning needs of classrooms. You have a willingness to grow professionally through ongoing professional development courses. You are a detailed-oriented team player with strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills. 

You are a professional who is energetic, has a positive attitude, and is a self-starter. You work collaboratively in a small community and can instill confidence in the program with parents. You are creative and flexible with organizational and broad-based student management skills in a variety of groupings from 1:1 to small group or whole section. Your strong verbal and written communication skills support your development of interpersonal relationships with students, faculty and families. You are culturally competent working with a diverse range of learners and faculty with varied experiences. You with facilitate learning using  effective organizational and classroom management skills. 

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide push-in direct instructional support for 5th - 8th grades in reading, writing, executive functioning and other literacy and numeracy skills. 
• Maintain regular times established to check in on students identified as needing support.
• Team plan with teachers and use classroom instruction resources and assignments to devise individualized instructional and scaffolded learning strategies
• Provide short-term reteaching of skills that are no longer being taught in the classroom
• Provide consultation to faculty as to what differentiation strategies may be effective for students needing support, develop classroom-based interventions and ways to measure the effectiveness of the interventions
• Maintain academic profiles for students who require academic support
• Communicate updates and progress on a regular basis with families of students who are require significant support
• Meet regularly with the Child Study Team to discuss student learning issues
• Purchase, coordinate, and collect standardized testing materials for all testing in 4th-8th grades
• Review trends, themes, and follow up with the academic team, related to standardized testing results for the CTP-5 and ISEE tests administered

•   Bachelor’s degree in a related field, Master’s preferred
• 3-5 years teaching experience
• Knowledge of child development, cognitive milestones and learning support programs
• Knowledge of literacy development and best practices to devise interventions for students demonstrating challenges with literacy
• Ability to form positive relationships with students
• Ability to motivate and stimulate children's learning abilities through a range of targeted experiences
• Ability to cultivate and foster a safe and inclusive learning environment that values all voices and appreciates various perspectives 
• Identification and monitoring of students with learning challenges using observations and other cognitive assessments
• Ability to interpret and evaluate external evaluations and support implementation of recommendations
• Exemplary teaching skills and capabilities and experience with providing instructional support strategies in reading and writing
• Ability to develop, select and use informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative assessment strategies to assess student learning
• Excellent verbal and written skills and experience with facilitating sensitive conversations with families
• Proficient with using technology (Google Suite and use of Smart Panels and Chromebooks)

Salary & Benefits

Annual full-time salary range is $53,000 - $73,000 depending on years of experience. The salary will be prorated for the duration of the contract. Stevens offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, vision, and dental insurance, a 403(b) retirement savings account match program, life insurance, and long-term disability insurance as well as reimbursements for cell-phone use and and for an on-street parking permit in Hoboken.

Stevens Cooperative School

Stevens Cooperative School fosters curiosity, compassion and confidence in students who think deeply, act ethically and lead by example.

Stevens Cooperative School is the only nonsectarian independent elementary school with campuses in Hoboken and Jersey City. Founded in 1949, Stevens is the oldest parent cooperative school in New Jersey, and an excellent model of progressive education in action. Stevens serves 435 students from PreK 3 through 8th grade, of which 46% are ethnic minorities. Stevens is fully committed to a culturally diverse faculty and staff body and is eager to consider applications from traditionally underrepresented groups. We are committed to ongoing curricular and pedagogical anti-racist work, and we seek a candidate who shares that commitment and who can contribute to our efforts. We search out opportunities for professional growth and encourage reflection on our own practices.

Stevens does not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, religion, or national origin in the administration of its hiring and admission policies, financial aid program, or other school-administered programs. 

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