Teaching and Learning Specialist
Details posted: 16-Jul-26 • Location: Reading, Massachusetts • Full-time
About the role
Austin Preparatory School seeks a collaborative, student-centered Teaching and Learning Specialist to join the Richard J. Meelia '67 Center for Integrated Learning. This position supports students with documented learning differences by ensuring accommodations are effectively implemented while partnering with faculty and families to promote student success. The successful candidate will embrace and advance the mission of Austin Prep while supporting its Roman Catholic identity and Augustinian heritage.
Responsibilities
- Manage a caseload of students with documented learning differences by reviewing educational evaluations, developing accommodation plans, and ensuring accommodations are consistently implemented.
- Collaborate closely with teachers, advisors, students, and families.
- Provide faculty with professional development in best practices, differentiated instruction, Universal Design for Learning, and student-centered teaching.
- Oversee student support programs within the Center, including executive functioning coaching and small groups.
- Coordinate testing accommodations for school and standardized assessments.
- Contribute to parent education initiatives.
- Participate in Student Success meetings.
- Remain current on research and best practices in learning support.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (required); advanced degree (preferred).
- 3–5 years of experience working with students in a school setting.
- Certification or advanced training in structured literacy programs (e.g., Orton-Gillingham, Wilson) preferred.
- Experience developing individualized learning plans.
- Strong communication and organizational skills.
- Proficiency with Apple technology, Microsoft Office, and Google Workspace.
Pay
$75,000–$85,000 per year
About Austin Preparatory School
Austin Preparatory School, located in Reading, Massachusetts—approximately 15 miles north of Boston—was founded in 1961. It is an independent, co-educational Catholic day school in the Augustinian tradition, serving more than 800 students in grades 6–12.