Learning Support Specialist - Bosque School

LEARNING SUPPORT COORDINATOR

FULL-TIME, EXEMPT

12-MONTH POSITION

THIS IS THE JOB FOR YOU IF YOU…

• Are passionate about supporting students with learning differences and ensuring equitable access to learning.
• Enjoy designing, updating, and managing individualized accommodation plans that are practical, consistent, and responsive to student needs.
• Bring strong organization, discretion, and empathy to complex, student-centered coordination work, ensuring clear communication and consistent follow-through.
• Thrive in a highly collaborative role, contributing to coherent and inclusive instructional practice across the school.
• Believe deeply in inclusive, student-centered education and the importance of advocacy, clarity, and consistency.

The Learning Support Coordinator plays a central role in advancing equitable, student-centered learning across the Middle and Upper School by coordinating and overseeing learning plans, accommodations, and assessment supports for students with identified learning differences. This role requires highly organized coordination across the school to ensure accommodations are clearly communicated, consistently implemented, and thoughtfully adjusted over time. The Learning Support Coordinator partners closely with faculty to strengthen inclusive instructional practice through collaboration, classroom-based consultation, and intentional professional development that builds shared understanding of student learning profiles, effective accommodations, and inclusive strategies. Grounded in advocacy, clarity, and discretion, this position balances systems-level coordination with empathy and responsiveness, ensuring that students experience coherent, supportive learning environments aligned with Bosque School’s mission, values, and commitment to equity.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Student Learning Plans & Accommodations

• Review, interpret, and synthesize educational and neuropsychological evaluations and related documentation.
• Develop, update, and manage individualized accommodation plans, including classroom accommodations, assistive technology, and standardized testing supports.
• Facilitate annual accommodation reviews with returning students and families each spring to prepare for the upcoming school year.
• Meet proactively with newly admitted students and families to establish learning plans prior to the start of school.
• Support students through advocacy, classroom support, small-group work, and ongoing progress monitoring.

Faculty Collaboration, Consultation & Professional Learning

• Communicate accommodation plans clearly and proactively to faculty throughout the school year.
• Partner with faculty to support understanding of student learning profiles, effective accommodations, and assistive technologies.
• Observe classes and collaborate with teachers to model instructional strategies that support student learning.
• Collect teacher feedback and relevant data to monitor student progress and adjust accommodations as needed.
• Lead professional development related to differentiated instruction, inclusive practices, and learning support strategies.

Assessment & Standardized Testing Coordination

• Coordinate school-based accommodations for standardized assessments, including STAR, PSAT, PreACT, and SAT.
• Prepare, submit, and manage accommodation requests with external testing organizations, remaining current on documentation requirements and deadlines.
• Review testing accommodations with students and families.
• Collaborate with academic leadership to analyze assessment data and identify individual and grade-level trends that inform instruction and professional learning.

Student Support Coordination

• Serve as an active member of student support teams across grade levels.
• Collaborate with division heads, grade-level deans, counselors, the school nurse, and faculty to align academic, social, and emotional supports.
• Coordinate referrals to external diagnosticians and specialists as appropriate.
• Partner with the Director of the Bosque Learning Center to connect students with tutors and facilitate communication among tutors, families, and faculty.
• Identify students who may benefit from further evaluation through screening and collaboration with faculty and support teams.
• Partner with the Admissions Committee to review applicant testing materials and provide recommendations related to applicants with learning differences.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s or doctorate in education with a specific diagnostic background or master’s/doctorate in school psychology, clinical psychology, or neuropsychology.
• Background/licensure in Educational Diagnostician, Special Education (Learning Disabilities, Gifted, Learning Disabled-Gifted, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder), School Psychologist, and/or other related fields is highly recommended.
• Additional experience with the use and interpretation of educational diagnostic evaluations, as well as classroom experience at the middle and secondary levels, would be extremely beneficial. 
• Knowledge of the academic, emotional, and brain-based components of adolescent learning and the ability to utilize assistive technologies and interventions to support student growth.
• Thorough understanding of ADA law.
• Passion and skill to contribute positively to an educational environment that supports a lifelong love of learning
• Well organized with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Discretion and respect for confidentiality
• Commitment to Bosque School’s mission, core values, and Equity, Community, and Culture Principles and Best Practices, and the creation of a progressive, student-centered, inquiry-based educational model.

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WHO WE ARE

Bosque School, founded in 1994, is a non-profit, co-educational independent school serving approximately 350 students in grades 6-12, located in sunny, culturally dynamic, and affordable Albuquerque, New Mexico. Our mission is to create transformative learning experiences that empower a diverse community of students to lead lives of intellectual curiosity, personal integrity, and compassionate contribution to a more just world. We manifest our mission through our core values of inspiring academic excellence, cultivating community, fostering integrity, and learning from place. Our dynamic, immersive, interdisciplinary learning environment challenges each student to think critically, creatively approach problems, and collaborate effectively with cultural competence. Bosque School has been voted the best private school in Albuquerque for multiple years running by the Albuquerque Journal Readers’ Choice Awards. Click here to experience a virtual tour of Bosque School. For out-of-state candidates, you can access information about relocating to Albuquerque on our employment page.

NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY

Bosque School is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions, including those related to recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, and recognition of individuals based on their ability and job-related qualifications and without regard to race, gender, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or any other classification proscribed under applicable federal, state, or local law.  We actively seek diversity among faculty and administration as well as among students. The school complies with the law regarding reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application/interview process are requested to contact the School in order to arrange such accommodation.