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Le Sallay International Academy, an innovative hybrid school for middle-school students, seeks a full-time coordinator in middle school to begin July 1, 2023.

Job Summary:

Provides individualized instruction for students needing academic support across math and language arts skills. Meets with students individually or in small group settings in a recurring format to meet individual areas of growth and need. Collaborates with classroom teachers to provide needed support and accommodations for students receiving intervention, along with recommendations on best inclusion practices. Progress monitors student growth.

As a blended learning school Le Sallay expects the coordinator to be available to work both online during the online sessions and to travel and be present at the on-site sessions (four three-weeks session a year).

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required)

• Must possess a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Special Education . 

• Experience working with children aged 10-16 in an educational setting. 

• Exhibit the desire to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, and parents.

• Sharing the school values

Primary Duties

• Developing and implementing individual strategies for students with diverse learning needs such as ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, autistic spectrum etc.

• Consulting teachers on the best practices to implement in their classrooms for students with diverse learning needs. Co-teaching classes if needed both online and on-site.

• Working with teachers on making their instructional materials accessible for students with diverse learning needs.

• Developing intervention sessions plans and supplementary materials compatible with Le Sallay’s instructional philosophy; providing individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student and subgroups of students both online and on-site.

• Providing supplementary instruction to support diverse learning needs, when needed. For example, ESL courses, reading and math intervention.

• Communicating with the Heads of Departments on student progress.

• Continuously evaluating the effectiveness of the programs implemented for students with diverse learning needs in collaboration with the Heads of Departments and Lead of Academics.  

• Providing training to staff on best practices for diverse learners.

• Administering testing in accordance with departments needs 

• Evaluating academic growth of students, keeping necessary records.

• Interviewing potential students to evaluate language levels and suitability for our school. 

• Providing consultation to families of diverse learners as requested by the Lead of Academics. 

• Attending 4 x 3-week on-site sessions to give in-person instruction and collaborate with teachers.

• Supervising students in assigned out-of-classroom activities during the working day on-site.

Other Work Responsibilities

• Responsibility for all documentation needed for international travel to attend on site sessions including passports and visas. Support provided as needed by the school for visas. 

• Participation in various student activities which occur in school including clubs, events and all school activities modified according to teaching load.

• Attendance of staff development programs, curriculum development meetings, etc.

• Participation in student activities including clubs, events, etc. according to workload.

• Writing letters of recommendations for schools or other activities

Additional Activities when Relevant and Possible

• Cooperation with the marketing team to facilitate social media content.

• Sharing experience and expertise in events within and outside of school.

• Collaboration with teachers from other Le Sallay Schools to ensure consistency in the school’s values and educational mission. 

• Providing assistance and supervision to students during transfers as needed. 

Working at Le Sallay 

• Unique opportunity for an instructor

- who enjoys working with talented middle-schoolers from a variety of backgrounds;

- who believes that personalized learning is the key to student engagement;

- who values the flexibility that remote education affords while craving the relationship with students and colleagues that only in-person interaction can provide.

• Teachers at Le Sallay have the opportunity to design their own curriculum in collaboration with passionate colleagues and to work with students who are eager to learn.

• Instructors at Le Sallay typically teach four classes each quarter for a total of 16-20 hours a week. Each class is limited to 7 students. Because students come from multiple time zones, instructors teach within the time range from 8 am to 4 pm Eastern time during the school week. 

• The  four 3-week in-person sessions are a critical element of the educational program. Instructors must be available to participate fully in all of them. 

• Students at Le Sallay are multilingual, some of whom are not native English speakers.

School Values

• Cultivating learning and knowledge centered community

• Empowering students and staff

• Using opportunities to enrich staff and student’s educational experience whenever possible (implementing creative in and outside of classroom solutions, collaborating with teachers and professionals from relevant disciplines, professional development) 

• Constant communication and transparency for all staff and students on all procedures

• Making connections between student’s life experiences and education 

• Inclusive and positive support of learning for students with specific and identified additional learning needs including diverse learners, ESL bilingual students,  and gifted students.

• Promoting the self-esteem of students.

• Encouraging students to think independently and to express original ideas.

About Le Sallay International Academy

Created in 2018 by a team based in France with extensive experience in international instruction, Le Sallay offers a revolutionary educational model that combines the best of remote and the best of in-person schooling. Every trimester students study remotely for 8 weeks and then gather with peers, faculty, and staff at the campus for 3 weeks of in-person instruction. 

Since its inception, Le Sallay has met in-person in France. Beginning in September, 2022, the school is expanding its operations and opening its first US-based campus. 

What makes Le Sallay’s programs different? 

• all subjects are studied at an advanced level allowing students to explore topics with greater depth 

• the humanities curriculum focuses on world history and literature with an emphasis on making interdisciplinary links between subjects building students critical thinking and writing skills

• math curriculum draws from global best global practices including Singapore math, Art of Problem Solving and competitive math programs and is structured to meet the needs of each individual student. 

• in STEM, students merge cross-curriculum concepts with engineering strategies to go into multifaceted, real-world problems. These challenging programs ask students to explore new content and concepts when they are ready, sometimes years before these topics are studied in traditional schools or even colleges.

• individual learning plans expand Le Sallay's core curriculum to provide students with a pace and depth appropriate to their strengths and areas for development

• regular one-on-one guidance sessions and consistent psychological support help students develop emotional regulation and build study skills they will need to succeed in a rigorous academic setting.

Other advantages include small class sizes, with an average 1:4 teacher-student ratio, faculty trained in working with gifted and twice-exceptional students, and an international focus that allows students to expand their horizons.   

Le Sallay graduates have been accepted to some of the most highly-selective high schools in the UK, United States, Switzerland and other countries. A unique combination of boarding and online learning makes Le Sallay schools accessible to any student independent of their location. But more importantly, Le Sallay is building a community of enthusiastic learners, where gifted students feel not only challenged, but also appreciated, accepted, and nurtured.

 Forbes Magazine named Le Sallay Academy "? pioneer in blended learning education for pre-teens", and in April 2022 Relocated Magazine named Le Sallay Academy to four best schools in the School Excellence for Relocation & Transition Care category.

For more about Le Sallay, see https://discovery.lesallay.academy.

About Le Sallay International Academy (hybrid program based in US)

Le Sallay International Academy is an international middle school following blended learning model education: part online, part in-person. The school is currently in its second year, and we anticipate that our growing student population will require more faculty in the 2022-23 academic year.

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