Senior Learning Specialist

Job Description

The Learning Specialist will work with colleagues in Student Athlete Academic Support Services (SAASS) to meet the academic support needs of student-athletes. Specifically, the Learning Specialist will work in conjunction with the Assistant Director of LAP to design and implement academic coaching and support services for student-athletes with disabilities and other learning differences. In this capacity, the Learning Specialist for student-athletes must be professionally qualified to do the following:
• Identify learning needs of student-athletes with Education-Impacting Disabilities or student-athletes who are academically at-risk;
• Provide individualized instruction in research-based learning strategies and other successful intervention strategies to help students gain the academic skills necessary to be successful at Virginia Tech;
• Develop and implement academic support plans for student-athletes;
• Assist student-athletes ...