Learning & Instructional Coach
City Year
- Los Angeles, CA
- $60,000-65,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Visit 2 to 3 schools per week.
- Conduct weekly observations of ACMs in-classroom and/or out-of-classroom planned academic and behavioral interventions with students.
- Give positive and constructive feedback to ACMs as well as connect them with resources to help support improving student outcomes.
- Use a variety of approaches (i.e. host monthly community builders, conduct 1:1 coaching conversations, etc.) to build rapport with ACMs and staff managers to enable productive coaching and learning.
- Conduct office hours to support ACMs in planning for interventions with their students.
- Collect and share observations/trends of our work with students with the program leadership team to support ongoing progress monitoring and improvements to our program.
- Facilitate collaboration meetings with Program staff to identify AmeriCorps Member learning gaps and develop solutions and/or targeted trainings.
- Coach Staff Program Managers in improving their coaching skills, understanding of our Service Model, and ability to develop their ACM teams in providing high-quality interventions to students.
- Stay abreast of effective instructional practices and conduct research in subject areas as necessary.
- Collaborate with other members of the Learning & Instructional Team to monitor progress in socio-emotional and academic outcomes across our ~20 schools.
- Develop, update, and manage socio-emotional and academic tools and training resources for ACM and Staff.
- Collaborate with CYLA Impact Analytics Team to identify and improve data systems to monitor students’ socio-emotional and academic outcomes.
- Design and facilitate training for specific school-based teams based on observation data and progress monitoring.
- Work with a team of Coaches to design content, tools, and resources for ACM and staff learning and skill development to support student outcomes.
- Facilitate quality training to groups of 6 to 200 AmeriCorps Members to build necessary skillsets to support students in math, ELA, and behavior.
- Work with a team cross-departmentally to design and execute 5 learning summits throughout the fiscal year.
- Partner with CYLA departments and staff through stakeholder engagement, event and service day participation, and cross-departmental committees as needed to ensure site-wide goals are met.
- Use your expertise and understanding of CYLA’s service model to support ACM selection through interviews.
- Support the execution of site-wide goals through collaboration with program staff and leadership.
- Collaborate cross functionally to make shared decisions, set strategy, and develop work outputs.
- Support other department functions as needed.
- Executes to Results: Holds self-accountable, sets high expectations for self, efficient time management skills, ability to meet deadlines, and prioritize multiple projects with a positive can-do attitude. Acknowledges and corrects mistakes. Demonstrated performance under pressure and strict deadlines. Can connect tasks to the organizational mission to communicate effectively internally and externally.
- Communication: Conveys thoughts clearly and concisely. Listens well and asks good questions. Communicates well verbally and in writing, tailoring communication for the audience and situation. Ability and desire to work with and promote young people ages 17-24 and a year of service. Seeks to incorporate others’ views into work.
- Relationship Development: Experience building relationships that advance organizational goals. Able to balance own projects against the needs of others. Approachable and friendly. Actively seeks feedback and to understand other’s perspectives, interests, and concerns. Adapts approaches to different people and situations.
- Problem Solving & Flexibility: Can be flexible and adaptable to schedule changes. Links problems & symptoms to identify issues, links decisions to potential consequences, knows when to seek guidance and gets diverse input for decisions.
- Desire to Learn: City Year has a unique service model and organizational culture. Successful applicants have strong experience and a track record of success in the above areas but must be willing and eager to continue to learn. Demonstrate a willingness to work in a collaborative and strong team-based organization.