Instructional Coach (SY24-25, High School)

What You’ll Do

As an Instructional Coach at Veritas Prep you will coach and develop teachers in grades 9-11, ensuring they have the support they need to grow and strengthen their teaching practice and provide excellent instruction for all students. You’ll be an instructional leader, providing input around yearly goals and influencing a strong and joyful student and adult culture.

Specifically, you will:

• Regularly observe and coach teachers around classroom management, key school-wide routines and procedures, content knowledge, and instructional delivery, tailoring coaching plans to teacher’s needs. Coaching assignments are in response to school goals and student and teacher observation data.
• Lead coaching and development of Associate Teachers
• Support the Dean of Curriculum and Instruction around noticing key teacher trends and data and using the data regularly to influence coaching and PD.
• Integrate the teaching of social emotional program skills into both formal and informal teaching moments with students and model this for teachers.
• Foster strong relationships with and among team members, providing clear, consistent communication, expectations, and support, as well as opportunities for team collaboration and problem solving.
• Support Department Chairs

Requirements

What You’ll Need (Qualifications)

• An unwavering belief that all students can achieve amazing things
• A passion for continuous growth and learning as an educator and leader
• Belief in and ability to hold a high bar and high expectations for student achievement
• Three to five years of teaching experience in a core subject (Math, Science, ELA, or History)
• Strong knowledge of literacy best practices and experience embedding literacy skills across the curriculum
• Previous experience coaching educators and implementing curriculum
• Ability to coach teachers across subject areas
• Fluency in Spanish (preferred)
• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred)
• Strong background in STEM (preferred)
• SEI endorsement within one year of employment
• Current authorization to work in the United States – a candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment
• Alignment with our Values of
• Students First: We make decisions with our students in mind and know our actions model the way.
• Grow Together: We are role models of growth mindset, teamwork, and collaboration.
• One Team, One Mission: We cheer for, lean on, and support each other as we play unique roles in support of the same mission.

Think you don’t quite meet all the qualifications listed above? Apply anyway! We are looking for a truly diverse team of educators, and research shows that historically marginalized groups are less likely to apply if they do not meet every requirement. We want to recruit and support a diverse staff, to understand the history of inequity in education, and to ensure students see teachers, staff, and leaders who look like them working in their schools.

Still not sure? Set up a call with a recruiter by emailing recruitment@vpcs.org.

Veritas Prep is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or qualified job applicants on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, or any other status or condition protected by applicable law. This policy extends to, but is not limited to, recruitment, selection, compensation, benefits, promotion, training, and termination.

Benefits

About Veritas Prep

Veritas Prep is a public, tuition-free school in Springfield that prepares students in grades 5 through 12 to compete, achieve, and succeed in college and beyond. Veritas Prep accelerates every student’s path to college and career by helping them set a strong academic foundation in middle school and guaranteeing access to college classes and college prep support in our wall-to-wall early-college high school.

At Veritas Prep, we are not only breaking down barriers to college access but also providing the tools students need to persist through college and prepare for a successful career. Our middle school program has been serving students in Springfield since 2012 and is one of the top middle schools in Springfield. Our scholars are supported by skilled, dedicated, and diverse teachers and are challenged to achieve at high levels academically, socially, and emotionally, setting them up for success as they enter our high school.

Our early-college high school program, in partnership with STCC and Worcester State University, prepares students to earn high-impact college degrees, saving students up to two years’ time in college and thousands of dollars. Students can earn up to an associate degree for free, and the general studies associate degree from STCC means students enter as JUNIORS at any Massachusetts public college or university after high school graduation.

Students at Veritas Prep benefit from high academic standards and robust support, an exceptional learning environment, a diverse staff of high-quality educators, a strong commitment to social/emotional and practical skill development, and an inclusive, anti-racist community that values the identities and backgrounds of all students.