Learning Coach

About the company:  

We create and provide educational experiences through traditional in-person learning, innovative virtual reality schools, and our exclusive VR-based student field trips and programs. All implement our rigorous, time-tested liberal arts and sciences curriculum, giving families the high-quality options and choices that best suit their lifestyle and student's needs. We also serve the education community at large, with branches specializing in education management services, curriculum development, teacher certification, and professional learning. Our goal is to develop innovative and effective tools and resources to better serve and advance the field of education and to make classical education available to every family.  

This is a salaried, exempt position with a 10-month work schedule (12-month pay schedule) and base standard hours of 7:30 am to 4:00 pm daily. Salary will be set annually on a performance-based schedule. Teachers will report to the Head of School.  

Major Function 

Responsible for the educational leadership of scholars placed in exceptional student education programs, including gifted scholars and scholars with disabilities. The Learning Coach is expected to understand and demonstrate the use of the academy’s curriculum, student instruction and assessment to maximize educational achievement for all scholars; work collaboratively to ensure a working and learning climate for all scholars that is safe, secure and respectful. Implementing strategies to reach the multiple intelligences of scholars through creative lessons is required. 

The Learning Coach's essential duties and responsibilities are as follows:  

• Works cooperatively with assigned district staffing specialist and ADAPT (Admissions Diagnostics and Placement Team) to initiate and complete pre-referrals for ESE, utilizing pre- and post-test assessments, interventions and observations in areas of concern.  
• Works cooperatively with parents and teachers to identify scholars as potentially eligible for gifted program services. Conducting screenings to determine need for further evaluation for eligibility; collecting characteristics data and administers Kaufman Brief Intelligence Testing.  
• Develops appropriate Individual Educational Plans (IEPs), Gifted Educational Plans (EPs) or Academic Improvement Plans (AIPs), English Language Learner Plans (ELL), and Behavior Success Plans (BSPs), including determining present levels of performance, annual goals, and benchmarks or short-term objectives. 
• Demonstrates an understanding of and commitment to classical education and the vision, mission, and philosophy of the academy, and consistently developing, fostering, and advancing these concepts in scholars.  
• Collects student performance data and reporting student progress toward IEP/EP goals. 
• Supports general education teachers in implementing appropriate accommodations or enrichment/acceleration strategies. 
• Schedules and conducts IEP/EP meetings with parents and appropriate academy and agency personnel. Completes matrix of services if required. 
• Maintains and/or oversees specialized therapists’ (i.e. SP, OT) maintenance of ESE case management records. 
• Regularly reviews and provides updated information for SASI. 
• Reports Full Time Equivalency (FTE) accurately. 
• Participates in eligibility determination meetings. 
• Serves as Local Education Agency (LEA) representative, if designated by administrator. 
• Participates in professional development activities relating to performing job responsibilities. 
• Demonstrates knowledge of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and implementing all requirements. 
• Plans and delivers instruction designed to assist scholars with disabilities in mastering the Florida Standards.  
• Plans and develops curricula designed to address the Florida Standards for gifted scholars and delivering instruction that effectively challenges their higher-level thinking skills. 
• Assists in the development of appropriate interventions for scholars suspected of having a disability. 
• Participates in developing Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) and implementing Behavior Improvement Plans (BIPs) for scholars with disabilities. 
• Participates in manifestation determination meetings. 
• Consults regularly with academy administrators on ESE issues. 
• Any other duties as assigned. 

Minimum Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree from a fully accredited college or university.  
• Possession of, or eligibility for, a Florida Educators certificate required by the Florida Department of Education (ESE, EH, EMH, MH, MR or SLD, and a Gifted endorsement). This includes both certification in the appropriate exceptional student area(s) and any content certification required by federal education regulations.  
• National Board of Certified Teacher certification is desirable. 
• Charter school experience is desirable. 
• Classical education experience is desirable. 
• Experience in delivering curriculum and/or special support online or virtual reality experience is desirable. 

Additional Qualifications 

• Ability to demonstrate, uphold, and promote in daily interactions a commitment to the academy’s mission and vision, and the moral character and civic virtue the academy embodies.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.  

The organization is an equal opportunity employer. The organization is committed to providing equal opportunity for all individuals in all areas of recruitment, selection, placement, training, assignment, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, retention, and promotion. The board commits itself to the policy that there shall be no unlawful discrimination against any person because of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin or disability. All decisions with regard to employment shall be in compliance with applicable state and federal laws.