26-27 District Academy Coach

Vicksburg Warren School District

District Career Academy Coach

Title: Career Academy Coach

Reports to: Director of Innovation

Approved: April 26, 2024

JOB GOAL

Provides Support to principal, district, and teachers in implementing High School Academies

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the contact person for business and community engagement
• Attend industry council meetings and other meetings for networking and partnerships
• Educate and promote the National Standards for Practice for Academies (NSOP), including documentation that demonstrates mastery of NSOP for the purpose of achieving “Model Status” in a national site review by NCAC
• Serve as the liaison among faculty and leadership in the school in developing and sustaining academies
• Serve as liaison between schools and the District Office of Innovation
• In partnership with the principal and Director of Innovation, implement the Vicksburg Warren College and Career Academies master plan in the high schools
• Ensure the completion of action plan, calendar of events, and budget for academies
• Coordinate and implement advisory councils for each academy
• Maintain community investment data for business and community involvement
• Communicate academy information with the media and district Communications office.
• Engage industries and coordinate job shadowing, student internships, teacher externships, guest speakers, field trips, work-based learning projects, capstone projects, industry visits for teachers and students and other experiential learning experiences.
• Serve on master scheduling team which develops and updates scheduling of students for proper placement and purity in academies
• Serve on school leadership team to align Vicksburg Warren College and Career Academies district initiatives with school improvement
• Attend scheduled academy coach meetings
• Facilitate the organization and implementation of of Academy Showcases/Open Houses
• Identify new, potential business partners 
• Ensure students have multiple opportunities to explore college and careers through the VWCCA Continuum of Experiences
• Promote Post Secondary Learning Experiences
• Implement Project Based Learning throughout the school making sure teachers receive formal training and work within their teams to implement at least on cross curricular project per semester
• Performs other duties as assigned

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Valid teaching license. Minimum three (3) years teaching experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to respond to inquiries or complaints. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret requests from

others. Ability to write and respond to work order tickets.

OTHER SKILLS

Ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions. Must keep accurate, up-to-date records.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee

encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations

may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Employee acknowledges that he/she is required to maintain a high standard of professional

conduct. Breach of said conduct includes, but is not limited to: neglect of duty, dishonesty,

engagement in that are contrary to VWSD policy, unlawful activities, or any other conduct which

is seriously prejudicial to the school system.

FUNDING SOURCE

Federal Funds, General Funds

CLASSIFICATION UNDER FLSA

Exempted 

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

205 days