Learning Lab Director

Learning Lab Director 

The Learning Lab Director shall prayerfully help students learn attitudes, skills, and subject matter that will contribute to their development as mature, able, and responsible Christians to the praise and glory of God.

Essential Job Functions—Accountabilities

It is expected that the Learning Lab Director will …

Spiritual Leadership

• Motivate students to accept God’s gift of salvation, and be a Christian witness and role model to them in order to help them grow in their faith.

• Lead students to a realization of their self-worth in Christ.

• Ensure that the classroom work environment is Christian-based, nurturing, wholesome, and loving.

• Work with the administration and staff to address the spiritual formation needs of the students.

Academic Leadership

• Have a thorough knowledge and understanding of the Christian philosophy of education that will help in providing leadership and guidance in the school’s development of and commitment to a Christian worldview.

• Have knowledge of the school’s curriculum, standards, and mission.

• Integrate biblical principles and the Christian worldview throughout the curriculum and activities.

• Teach classes as assigned following the prescribed scope and sequence as scheduled by the administration.

• Ensure that his or her school classroom reflects a professional and Christian environment.

• Have knowledge of the physical/emotional development of children—particularly at the age level of the children being taught—and understand the problems they face.

• Plan a program of study that as much as possible meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of the students, challenging them to do their best work.

• Employ a variety of instructional aids, methods, and materials that will provide for creative teaching to reach the whole child—spiritual, mental, physical, social, and emotional.

• Plan through approved channels the use of field trips, guest speakers, and other media for a balanced classroom.

• Use homework effectively for drill, review, enrichment, or project work.

• Regularly assess the learning of students, and provide progress reports as required.

• Respond in a timely manner to parent complaints and to parent requests for help or information.

• Participate in formal and informal parent-teacher conferences.

• Participate in continuous professional development through professional reading, college course work, in-services, workshops, and conferences.

School Leadership

• Have the ability to accomplish the goals and objectives assigned by the school administration and school policy.

• Help the staff, students, and volunteers function efficiently, effectively, and productively.

• Understand supervision and how to lead in a positive manner.

• Provide a good learning environment by keeping proper discipline in the classroom, the gym, and other places on the school premises.

• Meet regularly with other staff members to ensure coordination of programs and prompt problem resolution.

• Maintain a physical presence with the students by attending and, when possible, participating in school chapels, assemblies, athletics events, and other presentations.

• Arrange for substitute teachers when needed, and assist them in successfully carrying out their responsibilities.

• Participate in beginning-of-year staff orientation, staff devotionals, staff meetings, and parent/teacher fellowship meetings.

• Respect professional ethics that require confidentiality concerning the sharing of information about children, parents, or staff.

• Maintain regular and accurate records of attendance and grades to meet the demands for a comprehensive knowledge of each student’s progress.

• Keep students, parents, and the administration adequately informed of student progress or deficiencies and give sufficient notice of student failure.

• Know the procedures for dealing with emergency situations in the classroom and school. Conduct required emergency safety drills in coordination with school leadership.

• Report to the appropriate individuals any campus safety, health, and maintenance needs that are observed.

• Inform the administration in a timely manner if unable to fulfill any assigned duty.

• Deal directly and frankly with the school administration in an earnest effort to resolve differences of opinion when they exist.

Additional Duties or Responsibilities

It is expected that the school Learning Lab Director  will …

• Recognize the need for good public relations. Represent the school in a favorable and professional manner to the school’s constituency and the general public..

• Ensure that provision is made for the accountability and securing of all funds collected in the classroom.

• Support the broader program of the school by attending extracurricular activities when possible.

• Maintain a clean, attractive, and well-ordered classroom.

• Participate in the end-of-year school closing process, such as the inventorying of textbooks, furniture, and equipment.

• Perform any other duties that may be assigned by the administration.

• Maintain a list of all students with special needs or educational diagnosis’ that require educational accommodations 

• See that all annual accommodation meetings are conducted by renewal date 

• Regularly meet with general education teachers to ensure that accommodations are accurately executed and brainstorm with teachers and administration on appropriate modifications of any classwork or situations as needed. 

• Conduct pull-outs for students who are in need of intervention in the general education curriculum 

• Stay up-to-date and currently trained in Special Education Law changes as well as intervention and research of current diagnosis’

• Administer tests that require accommodation changes (Small group, individual, extended time, scribe, etc). 

• Communicate with parents on a regular basis to monitor any changes or concerns regarding their child or their child’s intervention