Summer Academic Coach

REPORTS TO: Director of Expanded Learning

Position Summary

The Summer Academic Coach supports Academic Facilitators via coaching and modeling and also leads academic data meetings with the academic content facilitators. The Academic Coach works with the Director of Expanded Learning to implement high-leverage strategies across classrooms to ensure each student receives a high-quality, equitable summer academic experience.

About Education for Change Public Schools

Founded in 2005, Education for Change (EFC) is a charter management organization that was created as a partnership between Oakland Unified School District and the education reform community in order to leverage the flexibilities in charter law to facilitate greater innovation and to address the underperformance of our most vulnerable student populations. EFC is Oakland’s largest charter operator, serving over 2,700 students in the Fruitvale and Elmhurst neighborhoods of East Oakland. Five of six of our schools were formerly OUSD schools that converted to EFC to leverage the flexibility and agility provided by charter law for greater outcomes for our students.

Job Responsibilities

• Education for Change is looking for a dynamic, visionary, and experienced instructional leader who will support their summer academic instruction to achieve unprecedented student outcomes
• The Summer Academic Coach ensures that teachers receive the necessary support and development as they implement rigorous, standards-aligned, research-based curriculum
• They maintain focus on achievement for all students and analyzes and respond to data
• They model effective pedagogy, through team teaching, elbow coaching, use of video and other practices, and provide feedback that increases teachers' efficacy
• Provide daily coaching in instruction that can include: classroom observations, demonstration lessons, elbow coaching, etc
• Facilitates weekly data meetings with the entire Academic Facilitator team.
• Other duties as assigned.

About You

• Experience in and a desire to support students in improving their skills and interest in enrichment subjects.
• Experience working with elementary-age students required.
• Experience working with diverse families and communities is required.
• Commitment to work the entirety of the summer program.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills necessary to work with
• children, staff, and volunteers.
• Ability to spark curiosity, creativity, and confidence in students.
• Ability to manage up to 20 students in a safe, respectful environment.
• Open to gaining new knowledge and skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to bend, lift, and move up to 20 lbs.

Requirements:

Department of Justice clearance based on fingerprinting submission.

• Proof of TB test within the last four years.

Work Schedule

35 hours, 5 days/week.

Work Hours: 8:30 am-2:30 pm.

Cox, LWL, Achieve Start and end date: 06/19-07/28

Lazear Start and end date: 6/19-7/21

EFC Core Values

• Connected- We continually work to build trusting relationships among students, families, staff, and the Oakland community at large. We are an all-hands-on-deck network driven by empathy. We value our collective identity and the individual identities of our community members and scholars such that we have a sense of collective ownership and responsibility for each other and for our scholars.
• Inclusive- We proactively disrupt predictable patterns of opportunity, power, privilege, and performance. We create an inclusive environment where multiple perspectives are not only valued but sought, where people from all backgrounds feel seen and heard and can thrive, and where we all feel a deep sense of accountability to our mission.
• Interdependent- Our success at every level is dependent on our individual and collective sustainability. To that end, we are transparent, creative, and collaborative problem-solvers who seek to build trusting relationships. We are curious and are open to new ideas while also putting systems in place to ensure continuity so that our employees can stay, grow, thrive, and help make good on our promise to our students and families.
• Learners- We support each other to develop and grow so that we can leverage our collective power, intelligence, and passion on behalf of our students. We lean on home-grown leaders who are rooted in our community. Individuals feel known and are provided opportunities to maximize their potential in alignment with their passions and goals.