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Assistant Teacher

Employer
Atlanta Speech School
Location
Atlanta, Georgia
Closing date
Aug 23, 2019

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Focus Areas
Education
Job Function
Education / Teaching
Position Type
Full Time
Degree Level
Bachelors

Job Details

The Atlanta Speech School

Assistant Teacher for Children with Dyslexia: The Wardlaw School

Start Date: August 2019

The Wardlaw School is currently seeking an outstanding professional to serve as an assistant teacher (grades 1-6) in our multi-disciplinary, collaborative model. This caring environment stresses the importance of sharing your talents with others and provides an unmatched opportunity to learn from both peers and experts in the field. As we strive to construct the reading brain, we have opportunities to interact with leading researchers in the field, including Maryanne Wolf, Joe Torgeson, and Patricia Kuhl.

The Atlanta Speech School has evolved over its 81 years into the nation’s most comprehensive center for language and literacy – earning a rising national reputation as the educational equivalent of a teaching hospital. The School attracts a staff of the most gifted and committed teaching professionals who apply the research of the nation’s leading brain development and educational experts to achieve transformational language and literacy outcomes for children through its four school divisions, five clinical programs, and Rollins Center for Language & Literacy professional development program. The School has never turned away a child in need of services based on his or her family’s financial circumstances. All of the School’s efforts are interrelated and intentional, creating a circle of impact that is continually refined and strengthened across all programs. Our mission is to help each person develop his or her full potential through language and literacy. Please visit our website for further information: www.atlantaspeechschool.org. We’d also encourage you to watch our video, Every Opportunity: https://vimeo.com/179818336

POSITION SUMMARY: 

The Wardlaw School is dedicated to serving children with average to very superior intelligence and mild to moderate dyslexia (specific reading disability). In addition to the decoding issues that define dyslexia, our model addresses the rapid naming, word retrieval, and phonological processing difficulties that underlie the dyslexic profile and frequently impact oral and written expression as academic demands

The Wardlaw School employs passionate professionals who aspire to make connections with each individual with whom they work. Knowledge and understanding of research-based practices in the areas of language development, reading and math are the cornerstone for all that we do.  We seek to hire innovators and thinkers who choose to work in an environment where they can truly make a difference in the life of a child.   The Wardlaw School encourages all of its students, educators, specialists and clinicians to be engaged, perpetual learners.

 

Essential candidate qualities, preferences, and skills

  • Caring, positive attitude and a desire to work with children
  • Able to set priorities and to remain flexible in response to changing needs
  • Maintain a daily schedule that balances instructional and administrative tasks
  • Able to administer and score reading assessments
  • Work as part of a collaborative team in support of lead teachers, reading teachers and speech-language pathologists
  • Experience with children in an educational environment

Requirements:


The job requires excellent oral communication skills, physical stamina and a desire to learn. An undergraduate degree from an accredited university

  • Exceptional ability to relate to the needs of children
  • Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
  • Experience with children in an educational environment
  • Strong verbal communication ability
  • Physical stamina
  • Desire to learn
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to provide an appropriate speech and language model for developing children

Responsibilities:

Assist the lead teachers in the Wardlaw School to implement instructional plans for students with dyslexia.

  • Support the work of these teachers through preparation of instructional materials, data gathering and organizational tasks.
  • Interact with students by providing additional individualized or small group learning support.
  • Assist teachers to gather data regarding student performance.  Occasionally implement instruction for small groups of students for periods of time by following a teacher-designed lesson plan
  • Supervise groups of K-6 children during lunch and recess
  • Work individually with children under the direction of the lead teacher to facilitate academic progress
  • Prepare instructional materials, assist with assembly of bulletin boards, organize paper work
  • Participate in ongoing development opportunities provided by the school
  • The position is full time (5 days per week 7:45-2:45)

SALARY: Salary is commensurate with experience.

Resume and Writing Sample:

Please provide a resume and writing sample to: Atlanta Speech School Office of Human Resources via email (hr@atlantaspeechschool.org). The writing sample should describe what you consider to be critical qualities that an assistant teacher must possess in order to be effective, and examples in which you have demonstrated that quality. The sample should be no more than 500 words.

CONTACT:

Iris Goodson

Director of Human Resources

Subject line: Assistant Teacher- Wardlaw School

The Atlanta Speech School, Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, or disability.

Company

The Atlanta Speech School has evolved over its 78 years into the nation’s most comprehensive center for language and literacy – earning a rising national reputation as the educational equivalent of a teaching hospital. Through four distinct academic programs, the School provides on campus an unmatched educational experience for more than 400 students each year. Another 1,000 individuals of all ages are served through our five clinical programs. Our Rollins Center for Language & Literacy provides professional development for early childhood and early elementary teachers across Georgia and beyond, now impacting more than 10,000 children annually and rapidly extending its reach. All of the Speech School’s efforts are interrelated and intentional, creating a circle of impact that is continually refined and strengthened across all programs. Please visit our website for further information: www.atlantaspeechschool.org and be sure to watch our three-minute Promise video www.2020promise.org.

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