Job details
Salary $25 - $50 an hour job type contract
Full job description
About the company:
Parallel is on a mission to provide all students with the resources and encouragement they need to succeed in the classroom and beyond by bringing extraordinary psycho-educational services to children, adolescents and teens, and their families - all from the comfort and privacy of home.
Parallel was created to ensure all students, including those who think and learn a bit differently, are given the opportunity to thriveOur expert team of clinicians and educators provides a range of services, from evaluations and testing, personalized education plans, iep second-opinions, and skills interventions and remediation support for a range of conditions including dyslexia, adhd, anxiety and behavioral concernsOur services enable students to get to the root of their challenges and provide them the resources and encouragement to succeed in the classroom by helping them build confidence in their unique strengths and strategies to work around weaknesses.
Backed by $3mm in funding, we are now looking to bring together an incredible team of individuals to help further our mission of uniting the best of technology and traditional care to change how the world perceives, diagnoses, and treats learning differences in students.
About the role:
We are looking to hire an executive function coach/learning specialist, trained in the orton-gillingham or wilson approach to reading improvementOur ideal candidate has a passion for supporting children with learning differences and their families.
What you`ll do:
Teach students with dyslexia (or another language-based challenge) tangible skills and strategies to help them manage their learning or thinking differences, improve their schoolwork and build self-confidence in the classroom and beyond
Remotely coach (via video platform) clients (most diagnosed with adhd) with executive function/organization challenges
Conduct remote hourly tutoring sessions with parallel`s students one-on-one or in small groups via the company`s video platform
Develop a lesson plan aimed at improving reading and writing skills based on individual students` neurodevelopmental findings
Provide complete documentation and records of sessions according to in-house policies
Administer screening, progress monitoring, diagnostic and outcomes measures
What you`ll need:
Must have a minimum bachelor`s degree in education
Must have experience teaching systematic phonics-based reading programs such as orton gillingham or wilson
Must have experience coaching/tutoring in the area of executive functioning (organization)
Must be able to differentiate reading strategies for specific learners
Understanding of neuropsychological thought and how it plays a role in a student`s learning
Effective communicator and partner with teachers and parents
At least 1 year of hands-on tutoring experience in the areas of reading and writing
Practical experience working with children in an educational setting
Ability to communicate with children of different ages and from different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds
Tech-savvy and comfortable conducting sessions via virtual meeting platforms
Must have a private workspace with a secure internet connection
Must have the desire to serve and work to fulfill the mission of parallel learning
Benefits
Community of top mental health providers and educators
Flexible scheduling and case pre-approval
Competitive pricing and timely payment (payable biweekly)
Billing, scheduling, and all other admin work handled by parallel
Continuing education opportunities and opportunities for growth
A bit more about parallel:
We`re building the first apa-approved tele-assessment platform to conduct virtual psychological assessments to diagnose dyslexia, adhd, and other learning or thinking differencesUpon receiving a diagnosis, students may also work with top educational and mental health specialists through parallel to devise learning strategies, build on strengths and gain confidence in themselves.
What we care about:
We are hyper-focused on understanding our customers` journey and the current pain points families face when seeking support so that we can ultimately provide the best products and services to the students and families we serve
We`re also constantly growing and nurturing our incredible community of providers, who work collaboratively to ensure each student on our platform is set up for long-term success
And, we give those providers the tools they need to deliver the highest quality care, in the most efficient manner so that they can focus on what they really care about: helping students
Finally, we are constantly reimagining what success looks like for students and how we as a company can best prepare them for the classroom and all that lies beyond
Job type: part-time
Location: remote
Pay: $25.00 - $50.00 per hour
