Learning Specialist Teacher

Company Description

Begin by thinking Avenues New York, Avenues São Paulo, Avenues Shenzhen, Avenues Silicon Valley, Avenues Miami. Think of Avenues as one global school with multiple interconnected campuses. It will not be a collection of different schools all pursuing different educational strategies, but rather one highly integrated learning community, connected and supported by a common vision, a shared education design and curriculum, world-class technology and a talented headquarters team in New York City.

Avenues prepares students for engaged global citizenship in the twenty-first century, with an approach that combines language immersion, interdisciplinary teaching, a global curriculum, and a culture of creativity and deep collaboration.

**Job Description**:
Avenues: The World School seeks a** **support learning specialist teacher** to join the São Paulo campus. You will be responsible for ensuring that all students under your care are effectively supported so that they can thrive at Avenues. You will work closely with a talented Student Success Team (SST) that includes language and learning teachers, speech and hearing therapist, and educational psychologists, as well as with the broader teaching and learning team, teachers, and division leaders.

**Responsibilities**

As a member of the Student Success Team, you will:

- Provide a safe, stimulating, and supportive learning environment for all students to thrive and feel known and cared for;
- support homeroom teachers in differentiating learning according to student's needs (positioning themselves as partners in creating differentiated practices in the classroom);
- drive student success across all grades, by helping to develop individualized learning plans for students who need them, to support each student to learn through meaningful, engaging work, and contributing to creating strategies for supporting specific needs that are identified as being common to a larger group of students;
- write and maintain official records that yield useful data for teachers, the SST team, parents, and outside resources to support students;
- meet with and assess individual students, confer with parents, and refer to outside professionals when necessary;
- follow up with outside professionals and coordinate support for students with the SST team, teachers, and deans;
- work with SST teachers and ADHs to develop a student support protocol;
- be an effective communicator using data and objective measures when talking to faculty and parents;
- be an exemplary learner, always reflecting, growing, and seeking to improve.
- be a supportive and collaborative team member.

**Qualifications**:
You bring all or most of the following:

- A successful track record as a learning resource specialist with more than 5 years of experience;
- deep understanding of cognitive development from pre-school to elementary school age;
- keen intellectual curiosity and a mindset of continuous learning and growth;
- sense of deep personal responsibility for the success of students and teachers;
- English proficiency is required; Portuguese proficiency is a plus.
- Knowledge of bilingual development;
- Knowledge of Psychomotricity is a plus.

Additional Information
**TO APPLY**
- Avenues offers competitive compensation and a generous benefits package. Avenues is committed to diversity among our staff, and applicants of diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply._- Avenues upholds the highest standards for safeguarding the physical and emotional wellbeing of children. As an essential aspect of this commitment, all offers are contingent upon successful completion of careful reference and background checks._