Academic Coach

 

Saint John’s High School is looking for an Academic Coach to work with students and colleagues in the Gregory Academic Center. This position will include working 1:1 with student learners, collaborating on small group workshops and communicating with school support staff on opportunities for academic intervention strategies to support our diverse student body learners and their needs. This is a part-time position (with the possibility for an extended schedule up to five days/week) and compensation will be determined based on experience.

 

The ideal candidate will have strong teaching and classroom experience (3 - 5 year minimum) as well as direct history working with learner differences and varied levels of intervention and student support. A specific background in special education is not required but highly desired. 

 

Interested candidates should submit the following materials confidentially as separate PDF attachments in one email. 

Cover letter expressing interest in the Saint John’s High School position and aligning your skills and experiences to the areas of responsibility, knowledge, skills, abilities, and to your understanding of the position; 

Current resume with all dates included; 

List three to five references with name, phone number, and email address of each (references will be contacted only with the candidate’s permission and not before a mutual interest is clearly established). 

Materials should be sent to the attention of Chris Cowan, Interim Principal of Saint John’s High School, via electronic submission to employment@stjohnshigh.org Resumes will be reviewed and contact will be made with those in whom there is interest. Candidates will be considered immediately and the position will remain open until filled. 

A Saint John’s Catholic education is rooted in the commitment of the Xaverian Brothers to bring Christ to life in young men. Our students develop a love of learning through a college preparatory academic and co-curricular program embracing both tradition and innovation. Saint John's fosters the formation of the whole person: spiritual, social, physical, intellectual, creative, and aesthetic. 

We call our community to live out the Xaverian values of zeal, humility, simplicity, trust, and compassion. Saint John’s creates an atmosphere of interdependence, respect, inclusion, and personal responsibility in a community where we mutually help, encourage, and edify each other to develop relationships that transcend time. We aim to send forth young men who will use their God-given talents to transform their community, their nation, and their world. 

In the tradition of its Xaverian founders, Saint John's High School is committed to providing opportunities for families in need, students from a diversity of backgrounds, and for the poor and marginalized. 

Saint John’s is a private, Catholic Grades 7-12 school of approximately 900 boys. Sponsored by the Xaverian Brothers, the School has a strong and storied history since its founding in 1898. Its mission is to educate the whole man. Dedicated to the spiritual, intellectual, creative, social, aesthetic, and physical development of its students, Saint John’s offers a highly competitive college preparatory curriculum as well as a program focused on the moral and faith development of its students with the goal of forming “men of faith and men of service.”

Saint John’s remains committed to both the Xaverian educational philosophy and the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Xaverian education seeks to provide young men with the opportunities to fully realize their own potential while instilling a consciousness of both our common end in God and our shared responsibility to one another. Saint John’s seeks to guide students toward a sense of what it means to live as a committed Christian in a global community. Saint John’s provides an academic program that encourages students to develop themselves multi-dimensionally. A curriculum grounded in the liberal arts provides a broad base for future learning while strengthening critical thinking skills. Saint John’s admits students of varying academic abilities, always striving to inspire those students to the fullest possible realization of their God-given abilities. Eighty percent of the senior class take at least one Advanced Placement Course prior to graduation. Saint John’s boasts 150 Advanced Placement Scholars for each of the past ten years. In recent years the School was recognized by the College Board and the Siemens Foundation as the number one school in Massachusetts in the area of Science, Math, and Technology. Graduates regularly matriculate at the nation’s most competitive universities and colleges.

Saint John’s also sponsors a full complement of sports teams and clubs which regularly distinguish themselves in interscholastic competitions. Students from various faith backgrounds enroll at Saint John’s; all experience the values and philosophy of a strong Christian community and commit themselves to taking advantage of the opportunities for personal growth while discovering their unique individual gifts and talents.