Educational Therapist

NOTE: YOU MUST CURRENTLY RESIDE IN LOS ANGELES TO BE CONSIDERED.

SEEKING EDUCATIONAL THERAPIST

Illuminate Educational Therapy Group is seeking a part-time Educational Therapist to provide ongoing support, strategies, and remediation to struggling learners. The position requires a minimum of two days of availability per week, during the 3:00-8:00 pm hours (after school hours).

As an Educational Therapist or Learning Specialist, you will be responsible for coordinating/collaborating with classroom teachers, allied professionals, and parents to improve the academic lives and educational trajectory of your clients with ADHD, Executive Functioning weaknesses, dyslexia, reading disorders, processing disorders, dyscalculia/math difficulties, weaknesses in written expression, and more.

You will be responsible for providing intensive remediation to struggling learners in 1:1 sessions that are typically 50-minutes long, twice a week. You will be assessing students informally to measure baselines, establish ongoing goals, and progress monitor.You should be comfortable providing parents with consistent feedback to keep them updated, in the loop, and to teach specific strategies in-line with the student’s psychoeducational goals. At times, you will be participating in multi-disciplinary team meetings, engaging in consultation services to parents/caregivers, communicating with allied professionals, teachers, and collaborating with other therapists regarding client progress and recommendations.

The ideal candidate for this position will be friendly, nurturing, kind, empathetic, fun, detailed, have strong communication skills, experience working with parents and teachers, and a desire to individualize the learning experience of each client. Additionally, the candidate should be computer literate and comfortable with technology, passionate about supporting struggling learners, and able to work well with others in the best support of our students. This is both a collaborative role as well as one requiring a high-level of autonomy (including scheduling sessions, keeping case notes, establishing session plans, having your “finger on the pulse” of the students’ needs, and navigating the case management of the students as needed).

We work either in-office, in-home, at school, and at times, virtually with our students, and we ask that the applicant is able to work with us for at least one year, and ideally longer to provide students with stable, consistent support. If your short-term plans include a career change or move, you may not be the right fit for this role.

Requirements:

• Ed Therapist Certification and/or MA in Special Education (in process considered) teaching/tutoring experience
• Ability to drive to student’s home for in-home appointments
• Familiarity with writing, math, and basic knowledge of middle/high school academics.
• Ability to read assessment reports, formulate learning goals, manage a learning profile, document progress, and collaborate with allied professionals as needed.
• Write progress reports and session notes
• Have a warm, fun, engaging personality - ability to naturally establish rapport with students who may be a little bit resistant to support at first.

If you are looking to be an integral part of the lives of our clients, and if you live in Los Angeles or surrounding areas, please submit your application.

NOTE: YOU MUST CURRENTLY RESIDE IN LOS ANGELES TO BE CONSIDERED.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract

Pay: $90.00 - $110.00 per hour

Expected hours: 2 – 10 per week