Learning Resource Specialist

A Learning Community

Notre Dame High School, San Jose is the center for women’s leadership in Silicon Valley and has provided an exceptional Catholic college preparatory education for young women since 1851. The school's mission is guided by the teachings of Saint Julie Billiart, the foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, with a strong focus on social justice to create lifelong learners, spiritual seekers, justice advocates and community leaders.  Our mission, summarized by the words of Saint Julie Billiart, is to “teach them what they need to know for life.”

The Program

Notre Dame High School has a college preparatory curriculum that integrates classroom learning with downtown educational opportunities in culture, science, and technology. The school has a diverse student body, extensive honors and advanced placement programs, and a very talented and dedicated faculty and staff. Notre Dame educates more than 650 students annually for success and leadership in a global society.

The Learning Resource Specialist is a position that supports student learning in a college preparatory environment. The students who are served by the learning specialist may be students with diagnosed learning differences and classroom accommodations; students with learning gaps; and, students who are academically at risk. The focus of this work is holistic in order to best serve the needs of the students and support their success in our academic environment.

Responsibilities:

Student Support

• Keeps abreast of academic policies, practices and student achievements as a means to build student success for learning
• Works with and provides academic support to students who have a diagnosed learning difference
• Initiates support plan and facilitates access to resources for students assigned for academic support
• Coordinates all special testing situations for students throughout the semester
• Provides individual tutoring/resources/remediation for students assigned for support;
• Provides opportunities for students to acquire study skills and develop learning strategies in a structured format
• Meets with students’ families to discuss assessment, and current needs of the student, as well as how best to support their daughter’s success at Notre Dame
• Collaborates with Academic/Personal Counselors regarding shared students 
• Evaluates student progress on a regular basis and provide information about internal and external resources to support learning
• Participates in the development and implementation of curriculum and support for students in Academic Seminar
• Collaborates with teachers to adapt materials, resources, assignments and technology to meet identified student need 
• Guides students in assessing their own learning
• Promotes self-directed, reflective learning 
• Serves as a Community Circle substitute mentor when needed
• Provides ‘Push-In’ classroom support for teachers who have students with learning needs 

Communication and Outreach

• Guides parents through the process of requesting testing and evaluation; evaluates the assessment reports; and, monitors the expiration dates of evaluations on record
• Meets with teachers regularly regarding learning accommodations
• Notifies and meets with teachers each semester to review and problem-solve strategies to support students in their classes with documented learning needs;
• Provides classroom teachers with information and resources for working with students with learning accommodations
• Builds relationships with the local school district to facilitate testing, accommodations, and evaluations of students with learning needs
• Engages and refers to outside specialists and evaluators as needed
• Represents school support program options through Admissions 
• Determines eligibility for support services pre and post admissions based on qualifying criteria

Program Administration 

• Acts as the SSD (Services for Students with Disabilities) Coordinator for all standardized testing (ACT, College Board), including contacting and submitting all documentation to the College Board and ACT for approved accommodations
• Coordinates the standardized testing for students taking the tests with accommodations, including SAT, PSAT, and AP tests
• Maintains appropriate current records for students with accommodations plans
• Provides leadership and expertise in the administration, organization and development of support services for students with learning differences;
• Participate in the planning and organization of appropriate professional development activities for faculty and staff 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s in Special Education or related area
• Experience working in a secondary school as a regular classroom teacher and/or as a learning resource specialist

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of standard tests used to evaluate student learning differences
• Ability to interpret tests and to implement appropriate strategies to support student learning

Terms of Employment:

• 2026-27 Academic Year
• Competitive compensation package
• Full-Time position

Hours:

• General school hours
• Attendance at position-related events and other school events