Position Summary
Apply NowThe Learning Engagement Coach collaborates with colleagues across grades 7-12 using a human-centered design framework to support student learning. In this part-time role, the LEC works closely with the Learning Engagement Lead to support NEIA students as they discover their unique learning strengths, passions, and growth areas, build resilience to navigate learning challenges, design their learning plans, and communicate and self-advocate with others inside and outside the NEIA community.
The range for this posting is $31,200 – $36,400.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
● Embraces NEIA’s core principles of empathy, equity, personalization, authentic work, and
collaboration in all activities and actions.
● Encourages a culture of inclusion at NEIA, sharing a strengths-based perspective on neurodiversity and learning differences.
● Regularly pushes into classrooms, interacting with NEIA students and teaching staff to discuss success strategies informed by emergent, real-time challenges and dynamic and ongoing reflection on those challenges.
● Meets individually and in small groups with NEIA students to guide the creation and revision of innovator-designed learning plans focused on goal setting and achievement, interest
exploration, strengths articulation, habit formation and practice, and executive functioning skill development.
● Communicates regularly about the evolving needs of NEIA students on their assigned student
caseload with the Learning Engagement Lead, NEIA Advocates, and teaching and counseling
staff.
● Actively collaborates with NEIA teaching staff to support the development of inclusive
classroom learning environments and encourages the use of Universal Design for Learning
(UDL) principles and differentiated instruction.
Qualifications
● Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with students, NEIA staff, and parents/guardians.
● Experience working collaboratively with colleagues from diverse backgrounds.
● Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities effectively.
● Strong organizational and time-management skills.
● Knowledge of best practices in human-centered design, adult learning theory, learning support,
differentiated instruction, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
● Knowledge of relevant state and federal laws and regulations governing special education and
student support services.
● Professionalism and discretion in handling confidential information.
● Flexibility, sense of humor, and willingness to embrace uncertainty in a dynamic and innovative school environment.
Education and/or Experience
● Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree with experience and/or academic pursuit in learning
engagement, or related field.
● At least one year of experience in a similar role or a related field.
● Experience in teaching, academic coaching, curriculum design and implementation, or creating educational accommodations.
● Experience working with youth.
Supervisory Responsibilities
The Learning Engagement Coach does not supervise any other employees at NEIA.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
● Regularly required to stand/sit for extended periods
● Regularly required to bend, lift, push, kneel, crouch, crawl, stoop.
● Regularly required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
● Capable of adapting to frequent changes in position through the workday.
● Hearing and speaking to understand and exchange information in person or on the
telephone.
● Speaks clearly, so listeners can understand.
● Uses hands and fingers for manipulation, and uses a computer keyboard, educational tools, play equipment, and performs first aid and CPR.
● Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.