Do you seek a positive school culture, filled with collaborative colleagues, craving the freedom to create great learning experiences for your students? We invite an innovative, engaging and tech-savvy Literacy Specialist to teach our high-ability students. Bring your belief in hands-on learning alive by designing ability-based approaches for literacy and math, while supporting social/emotional growth. Collaborate with specialist teachers to create interdisciplinary, STEAM-rich, hands-on learning. Meet students where they are developmentally and engage them with challenging content and tasks, fostering complex thinking and robust skill development.

We’re looking for a full-time Literacy & Learning Specialist to join our progressive, student-centered community at Acera. This educator will bring deep expertise in special education as well as reading and writing development, with a strong background in supporting diverse learners—including but not limited to students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, language-based learning differences, executive functioning challenges, and giftedness/twice-exceptionality. The Literacy & Learning Specialist will provide direct executive functioning, reading and writing instruction, work with small groups, support teachers in designing inclusive and differentiated literacy lessons, and serve as a key leader in our student support team.

Student Support & Instruction:

• Support neurodiverse and twice-exceptional students in developing both academic and social-emotional skills
• Provide individualized and small-group support in literacy, math, writing, and executive functioning, by leading small groups or short-term intervention cycles based on student needs
• Leverage research-based methods (e.g., structured literacy and math supports, social thinking frameworks, executive function coaching) to guide instruction
• Administer and interpret formative assessments to monitor progress and adjust instruction
• Foster student growth in self-awareness, metacognition, and self-advocacy
• Track and support literacy goals through regular progress monitoring and adjustment of supports

Required:

• Master’s degree in special education, learning disabilities, reading instruction, or related field
• At least 5 years of experience teaching and supporting neurodiverse students at the K–9 level
• Deep knowledge of ADHD, autism spectrum, dyslexia, dysgraphia, giftedness, executive functioning, language based learning challenges and other learning profiles
• Demonstrated expertise in designing differentiated instruction and inclusive classroom strategies
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Experience with assistive technologies and digital learning tools

Acera is a progressive, independent school serving high-ability students ages 5 to 15. We offer a supportive, flexible, and intellectually vibrant work environment where teachers are trusted as professionals and collaborators. Our mission-driven culture encourages creativity, innovation, and the pursuit of meaningful learning—for both students and educators. At the start of each school year, our teachers observe and evaluate students to create the right dynamic and differentiated learning setting for their students.

If you are a dynamic, thoughtful, and compassionate teacher, who is eager to learn and loves both elementary education and the spark of gifted learners, we encourage you to apply and bring your passion to our community.

• Salary is competitive and will be determined based on experience.
• School year position, full-time
• Health care benefits, Federal/State holidays off
• School-aged children of full time employees are able to attend Acera’s after school program free of charge
• School aged-children of full time employees who independently apply for and are granted admission to Acera typically receive a financial aid stipend, capping annual tuition at $17,000/ year

Please submit a cover letter and resume, along with a brief statement outlining your approach to differentiated instruction, classroom management, and any relevant experience or training in gifted education to [email protected].

Anticipated start date: As soon as you are available

Acera is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, arrest record, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.