High School Learning Support Assistant

Our School

The International School of San Francisco is a bilingual, multicultural learning community where students learn to navigate the complexities of the world with confidence, empathy, and joy. Our vibrant urban campus is situated in the heart of the city and serves nearly 1,100 students beginning at age 2 and continuing through grade 12. 

 

Mission

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, The International School of San Francisco offers programs of study in French and English to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to communicate across cultures is of paramount importance. 

 

Opportunity

Working at The International School of San Francisco opens up a myriad of opportunities both personal and professional. When minds and cultures from around the world come together, boundless curiosity takes hold; faculty and staff benefit from that deep intellectual engagement and joyful discovery as we live out our values of respect, integrity, inclusion, collaboration, and curiosity. Each employee is both teacher and learner in our vibrant, multicultural, multilingual school community.

 

Position: 

The High School Learning Support Assistant fosters student accountability and growth by proactively and collaboratively managing the scheduling and administration of assessments for students with specific accommodations. Additionally, this position supports the High School team, classroom teachers, and advisors in providing and implementing clear expectations for students who have missed deadlines. The High School Learning Support Assistant is instrumental in ensuring a calm and productive learning and assessment environment for assessments, including in the Student Success Center and during study hall. Reporting to the Director of Student Support, this position facilitates a growth-oriented, asset-based environment in the Student Success Center, supporting executive function development in all students.

 

Focus and Responsibilities: 

• Liaise with classroom teachers, learning specialists, and students to organize, schedule, and supervise testing for students with specific accommodations, ensuring that all accommodations are provided and that students take assessments in a timely manner
• Stay apprised of specific accommodations for each student and support the learning specialist in communicating with classroom teachers regarding accommodations
• Collaborate with the Dean of Students, classroom teachers, and advisors to support accountability for students with late work and missing assessments:
  • Use Blackbaud and Toddle to access and cross-check reports on missing work
  • Support faculty, advisors, the Dean, and the learning specialist in communicating with students and families regarding late work and missed assessments, including expectations for attendance at study hall and Saturday School
• Organize and supervise testing for students who have missed assessments, including ensuring test security and communicating proactively with faculty and staff
• With classroom teachers and the learning specialist, provide instructions to substitute teachers regarding assessment procedures and student accommodations 
• Provide instructions for Saturday School supervisors regarding assessments as well as work to be completed during each session
• Maintain accurate records of student attendance in the Student Success Center, assigned study hall, and Saturday School
• Assist the learning specialist in completing required documentation for accommodations on standardized testing
• Maintain functionality and manage security for the devices used by the Student Success Center to provide accommodations for students, ensuring smooth functioning of those devices and following up with the Education and Information Technology team for any needed repairs or updates
• Maintain secure storage and record-keeping for loaner devices and chargers
• Ensure supervision in the HS Learning Commons after school hours, either by providing coverage or by organizing colleagues to do so
• Proctor standardized testing as assigned
• Maintain a positive, calm testing environment for students in the Student Success Center and study hall
• Interact with students using a growth and asset-based approach and support the development of executive function skills
• Additional duties as assigned

 

Key qualities :

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Attention to detail; able to create and maintain organizational systems for use by multiple constituencies
• Strong computer skills
• Able to interact with adolescents in a supportive and positive manner while upholding clear expectations
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a diverse, fast-paced, multilingual educational environment
• Must be eligible to work in the U.S.
• Knowledge of French is a plus

This is a full-time, hourly position reporting to the Director of Student Support. Salary range is $30-35/hr depending on experience.

Must be authorized to work in the United States
All prospective staff will be fingerprinted and submit a criminal background check.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY
The International School of San Francisco is committed to providing an open, fair, inclusive, non-discriminatory environment for all individuals across differences of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, socio-economic status, ethnicity, age, physical ability, or medical condition. We seek to increase the presence, representation, and inclusion of U.S. historically under-represented people of color, international, bilingual, and bicultural students, faculty, and staff; and, to provide an environment that will attract and retain
individuals identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and intersex (LGBTQQI).

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.