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 ski