Student Support Director

Position Description

Interested applicants please apply online: https://smrtr.io/pj9sf

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School Description
The Stonehaven School exists to glorify God by cultivating truth, goodness, and beauty in students through a distinctly Christ-centered classical education. Our school is refreshingly unique in its class offerings, thoroughly classical in its approach to learning, and intentionally focused on the cultivation of virtue in our students. The Stonehaven School strives to be the premier classical Christian K-12 school in the Metro Atlanta area with a reputation for Christian virtue and academic excellence.

The foundational commitments of The Stonehaven School include the following:​

• We believe that every aspect of our children’s education must be intentionally founded upon biblical truth.
• We are committed to the traditional and long-established, exemplary forms and standards in education handed down from ancient and medieval educators.
• We believe that true education culminates in wise and virtuous students who are being conformed to the image of Christ.
• We are dedicated to teaching and learning with excellence as unto the Lord.
• We believe that true education recognizes that hearts and minds are shaped not only by ideas and knowledge, but also by practices, habits, routines, and liturgies.
• We seek to assist parents in their God-given task of educating their children in the Lord.
• We believe parents should actively participate in the life and community of the school.

The Stonehaven School is a non-profit 501(c)(3), non-denominational, classical Christian school, accredited through both the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) and the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS).

Job Description
The goal of a classical educator is to instill a passion for learning in a child that will never cease to burn. Our teachers are not forming and shaping a person that can do something but rather a person that can be someone. We are training students for God’s calling on their lives, preparing them well through a Christ-centered classical education to fulfill their calling for the honor and glory of God. One of the most important components to successfully educating our students is the hiring of excellent and passionate teachers and staff members!

We are hiring a full-time Student Support Director to begin work in the 2025-26 school year. The Student Support Director is responsible for overseeing the Student Support program and managing other academic support personnel, under the supervision of the Associate Head of School (10-20 hours/week). Additionally, the Student Support Director will work directly with students (15-20 hours/week) with mild to moderate learning differences in acquiring the necessary skills to be independent learners in Stonehaven’s academically rigorous environment. In addition to providing small group, one-on-one, and in-class support, the Director will collaborate with general classroom teachers to provide guidance in supporting students and appropriately applying accommodations. To facilitate a team approach, the Director will effectively communicate with administration, faculty, and parents on students’ academic support needs. Additionally, the Director will assist in providing ongoing professional development to faculty on best practices for intervention and differentiated instruction Strategies.

Key attributes and job responsibilities are as follows:

Candidate Attributes

• Devoted to consistent reading and study of God’s Word and prayer
  Strives to consistently exhibit love, joy, peace, and spiritual maturity in their daily work and relationships with others in the school
• All staff members will maintain a faithful daily walk with Christ and be active in a local Protestant Christian church
• Exhibits a love of learning as characterized by continuing education through readings, workshops, conferences, etc.
• Possesses strong organizational skills that can help organize and order the various activities and needs within the student support program
• Demonstrates patience, compassion, and fortitude in their work

Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee the school’s student support program and manage other student support personnel, under the supervision of the Associate Head of School
• Assist in identifying students in need of support by using the student support referral process
• Provide direct support to students as specified on their support plan (15-20 hours per week)
• Manage each student’s case within the student support program
• Plan and facilitate parent conferences for students in the program
• Create student support plans that outline goals and services to meet student needs
• Document meetings and follow up with parents, teachers, service providers, and other school personnel for implementation of student support plan
• Serve as primary liaison with outside providers and area school districts for matters related to student evaluation and service delivery
• Collaborate with faculty on appropriately supporting students with learning differences
• Administer and interpret academic benchmark and progress monitoring assessments
• Appropriately apply academic accommodations to ensure student growth and independence
• Collect formal and informal data to create intervention plans and track student progress
• Provide small group, one-on-one, and in-class support to students with learning differences
• Plan and implement lessons for remediation of executive function challenges
• Implement use of best practices for differentiated and multi-sensory intervention and instruction
• Promote and teach self-awareness and appropriate self-advocacy skills
• Participate in events, some occasionally after school, to promote a sense of community among parents of students with learning differences
• Seek ongoing professional development in the area of academic support
• Participate in faculty duties such as lunch, carpool, recess, and retreats
• Strives to apply the philosophy and methods of classical Christian education in students through a distinctly Christ-centered classical approach to education
• Demonstrate a biblical approach to work evidenced by punctuality, a cheerful and compliant attitude, attention to duties, appearance, etc., and follows the guidelines as set forth in the Staff Handbook

Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have either relevant teaching or work experience in a related field. While experience with a Christ-centered classical school is desirable, all candidates who embrace our mission and vision are welcome to apply. It is our desire that candidates are excited about building, strengthening, and growing our school and will be eager to get involved beyond the classroom as the need and opportunity arises.

• Bachelor’s Degree from a reputable undergraduate institution
• Accepts without verbal or mental reservations and is committed to upholding The Stonehaven School’s Academic Philosophy, Statement of Faith and Statement on Sanctity of Life, Marriage, Gender, and Sexuality and .
• Serves Christ under the authority of a local Protestant Christian church whose beliefs and teachings are in fundamental agreement with The Stonehaven School’s Statement of Faith and Statement on Sanctity of Life, Marriage, Gender, and Sexuality
• It is expected that the staff member will comply with all applicable policies of The Stonehaven School and with all administrative directives
• Staff members are expected to enroll their own school-aged children at The Stonehaven School
• Teachers at The Stonehaven School are expected to possess a love for God, a love for the students they teach, a love for their subject matter, a love for the parents they serve, and a love for the school

Additional Information
The Stonehaven School does not discriminate in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, age or sex. The school acknowledges that all persons are created in God’s image (Genesis 1:27), and He makes no such distinctions (Galatians 3:28) in his redemptive plan for mankind.