Academic Specialist – BLS

Department

Ben Lippen High School

Status

Full-Time

Time Period

40 hours/10 months

Available

August 1, 2026

Description

The academic specialist utilizes a pull-out model to work one-on-one or in small groups with students who have been identified as needing additional support in literacy, mathematics, and executive functioning skills to meet grade-level expectations. The specialist collaborates with classroom teachers to ensure that students with identified learning needs receive appropriate support while participating in general education classes.

Responsibilities

Provide small group and one-on-one intervention based on student classroom performance, standardized test scores, and ongoing progress monitoring data.
Plan and use appropriate, student-specific instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, and equipment.
Ensure students have access to necessary accommodations in general education classrooms
Seeks and communicates strategies for teachers to support the learner in a classroom setting.
Monitor student academic performance and offer interventions as needed when grades evidence a pattern of decline.
Create an environment conducive to student learning.
Send quarterly progress reports to parents for students served through a resource block.
Use effective communication skills to present information accurately and clearly.
Provide feedback to and collaborate with administration, teachers, and parents to coordinate the delivery of services to students with learning differences.
Work together with the Director of the Individual Learning Center (ILC) and other service providers to support students’ learning needs.
Participate in the annual review of students with learning differences along with administration and parents to review progress.
Participate in team meetings as necessary.
Provide consultation to teaching staff members to help support best practices for all students in classrooms.
Perform any other non-teaching duties as assigned by the administration.

Qualifications

Commitment to ongoing professional development in order to maintain a current knowledge base and deliver effective academic intervention to high school students,
Ability to review and analyze data and share meaningful information with parents and teachers
Provide coaching to classroom teachers on best practices.
Proficient in use of technology.
Knowledge of research, evidenced-based curricula and best practices in instructional methods for students with learning difficulties.
Superior planning, organizational, and time management skills.
Dedication to biblical integration in lessons and activities.
Manage students effectively, teach with excellence, and be able to create an engaging, relational, and joy-filled learning environment for students.
Be of strong Christian faith and have a passion for serving children and families through the high calling of Christian education.
Bachelor’s degree required in related field from accredited university.

Benefits

BLS/CIU provides a benefits package that includes:

Health Plan;
401(k) plan with match opportunity;
Employer provided group life insurance;
Long term disability insurance;
Vacation days, holidays, sick leave, family leave;
Educational benefits: tuition reduction for PreK3-Graduate.