CA is seeking to fill two full-time Culture and Climate Coach roles for the 2023-2024 academic year. One will work primary with grades PreK-8th and the other with grades 9th-12th. The primary function of these roles will be to: provide leadership, expertise, and support to the office of inclusivity’s work on improving school culture and climate which includes restorative practices, culturally responsive teaching, trauma-informed practices, and social-emotional learning in grades PK-12. Provide ongoing, job-embedded learning and support to faculty to build the instructional capacity and effectiveness that support culturally responsive teaching practice. These positions report directly to the Director of Culture and Community.

Essential Functions:

• Provide support and resources to staff on schoolwide and classroom climate and culture practices such as classroom  management, discipline practices and protocols, and social-emotional learning.
• Serves as a resource in identifying appropriate instructional strategies and interventions to improve student behavior and social-emotional needs and ensures faculty have the resources necessary to address students’ social-emotional and behavioral needs.
• Provide coaching and modeling of culturally responsive practices by supporting instruction that improves student learning, lesson design, instructional deliver ,and assessments that promote equitable student experiences.
• Assist grade-level teams in designing and implementing positive reinforcement of classroom systems to build an interactive classroom environment focused on the academic and social-emotional success of grade-level content and effective instructional strategies.
• Develop and conduct learning sessions for students, faculty, staff, and parents on positive interventions and supports, classroom management, character education, restorative justice, culturally responsive teaching, healing-centered practices, and social-emotional learning.
• Conduct learning sessions and modeling for faculty implementing discipline intervention, and social-emotional or behavioral instruction to support individuals or groups of students who need additional skill development.
• Collect, aggregate, and analyze school-level academic and behavioral data.
• Attend learning sessions and meetings necessary to develop job skills.
• Conduct and coordinate learning opportunities to support student achievement.

Specific Skills and Qualifications:

• Mindset and disposition towards diversity, equity, inclusivity and belonging (DEIB).
• Demonstrate knowledge and expertise in Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning; and healing-centered practices’.
• Demonstrate knowledge and expertise in supporting faculty in cultivating a spirit of “belonging” in the classroom.
• Knowledge of organizational practices and principles related to independent school communities.
• Contribute to the successful fulfillment of the school’s mission and vision.
• Centers excellence.

Ability to:

• Implement instructional programs.
• Identify and determine the nature of students’ problems, evaluate urgency, and act to alleviate concerns.
• Conduct demonstration lessons, one-on-one observations, and coaching, and facilitate group observations to ensure faculty have been trained to an advanced level of delivery and are using the instructional materials as designed, as needed.
• Support faculty in collaborative grade level and department meetings as assigned to assist in the analyzing and utilizing data to improve student academics and behaviors, as needed.
• Maintain professional competence through participation in professional development activities as provided.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with faculty, staff, students, parents, and the public.
• Prepare forms, records, and reports as directed.
• Attend meetings and trainings as directed.
• Speak and write effectively.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Specific knowledge of:

• Curriculum design and mapping.
• Effective culturally responsive teaching and learning; instructional strategies for students with diverse learning needs.
• Assessments to guide instruction.
• How to design and present professional development activities.
• Practices that promote increased student-positive behavioral instructional support and learning outcomes.
• Conducting instructional coaching cycles with division principals/leads.
• Conducting group observations.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree is required
• Five plus (5+) years of teaching experience and in particular, demonstrated success in culturally responsive teaching and learning.

Candidates should be eager to join a professional community where collaboration is valued, where rich curricular conversations are common, and where openness to growth is the norm.  Excellent interpersonal skills are required.

Candidates are expected to carry out the mission of Colorado Academy, “Creating Curious, Kind, Courageous, and Adventurous Learners and Leaders,”  to support the vision of the school through print and digital platforms. Candidates will be expected to share in the day-to-day life of the school community, which includes attendance at major school events.

The pay range for this for the position is $70,000 – $90,000.  Colorado Academy reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range.  Any discrepancies that may exist do not relate to sex.  The Academy offers an excellent compensation package, wide-ranging opportunities for professional development, and an environment notable for its dedicated teaching professionals and supportive administrators.  Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance benefit programs are available, as is a 403(b) retirement plan. Eligibility for all benefit programs is defined by the applicable plan document.

Applicants are invited to visit the Colorado Academy website (www.coloradoacademy.org) to learn more about the program and the school.

Colorado Academy does not discriminate or allow unlawful harassment in any of its programs, procedures or practices on the basis of age, color, disability, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, political affiliation, race, religion or creed, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military service, marital status or other protected classifications defined by applicable law. The policy applies in all aspects of employment with the Academy.