Academic Support FACULTY FT

Georgetown Visitation, founded in 1799, is an all-girls high school rooted in the Roman Catholic faith and Salesian tradition, committed to educating young women from diverse backgrounds. We are a faith-centered community dedicated to educational excellence, enriched by co-curricular and service programs. We guide our students as they integrate the search for truth with the pursuit of knowledge and dedicate their God-given gifts to making the world a better place.

Visitation seeks an experienced educator with a focus in the humanities and a collaborative and flexible approach to instruction to serve as an academic support teacher. Visitation’s academic support team helps students learn how to be reliable and organized. Teachers support all types of learners and address the importance of believing in oneself as well as keeping academic performance in perspective. The ideal candidate will model curiosity, empathy, integrity, responsibility, self-advocacy, and respectful communication.

As educators in the Visitation tradition, our teachers form lives as well as impart knowledge. We seek to create challenging and joyful classrooms that cultivate a lifelong love of learning. To learn more about what it means to be a Visitation educator, we encourage you to read Educating the Heart and Mind , a brief pamphlet that outlines the six goals of a Visitation education.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities (brief description)

Serves as the Coordinator for Services for Students with Disabilities to assist students with diagnosed learning, emotional, or physical disabilities secure accommodations for standardized tests, including the ACT, SAT, and AP Exams; Communicates directly with students both in and outside of the learning support & strategies course to arrange for provision of support in reading, writing, and organizational skills; Co-teaches content for students' courses and facilitates academic skill development as well as facilitation of academic skill development within students’ courses; Interprets Psychological-Educational Testing Reports Bachelor's degree in education, the humanities, or a related field (master's degree preferred) Minimum of five years of relevant experience (experience in Catholic or independent schools preferred) Experienced educator with focus in the humanities with a collaborative and flexible approach to instruction Expertise in executive functioning coaching and academic skill development with students with documented learning differences Trained in learning differences and difficulties and their impact on the academic, social, and emotional development of adolescents Strong written and oral communication and organizational skills Proficiency using technology (Google, Microsoft, etc.) Organized self-starter

Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to their age, color, disability status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion, sex, veteran status, or any other class protected by state or federal law. As a Catholic school, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School reserves the right to use religion as a hiring criterion for selected positions, as permitted by law. Employment offers are contingent on the satisfactory outcome of a standard background screening.