Impact Coach

Organization Overview

NewRoot builds deep social-emotional learning (SEL) skills in educators to transform the ways young people experience school and the ways schools exist to serve society. For 25 years in Chicago and beyond, we have been a premiere on-the-ground partner for high schools, districts, and organizations focused on ensuring all students graduate from high school equipped for college, career, and life success. Through our accredited Seminar curriculum and professional development offerings, we support schools and organizations in utilizing restorative justice practices that promote self-awareness, contextual thinking, and community connectedness. For more information, please visit www.newroot.org.

Position Summary 

NewRoot’s Impact Coach works hand-in-hand with partners to support school and organizational cultures. The primary responsibility for the Impact Coach is to implement high-quality experiential professional learning workshops and on-the-ground coaching support for educators and staff working in and around schools. NewRoot’s community-centered services are often implemented in the context of a long-term partnership which includes customized site-embedded coaching and whole-school strategy and system-building support. As part of a highly collaborative team, the Impact Coach works with colleagues daily to deliver dynamic, relevant, and responsive services that help our partners thrive.

Location

The Impact Coach will serve partners primarily located in and around Chicago. Up to four days per week will be spent at assigned partner sites, typically middle and high schools, during regular school hours. Regular travel to partner sites throughout Chicagoland will be required during assigned partnership engagements. Additional regional and/or national travel may be required occasionally. As an organization, we are committed to a long-term flexible, hybrid work model. NewRoot’s West Loop office is where we gather in person for collaboration and culture-building and as needed for deep focus work. This role can be done 5% remotely.

Essential duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Partner Support

• Support relationships with a group of NewRoot’s strategic partners in person and by phone/email
• Facilitate timely completion of established deliverables with strategic partners
• Plan, prepare, and facilitate NewRoot’s workshops, ensuring engagement, quality, and impact
• Consult/coach school partners--both individuals and teams--to help them create holistic SEL support strategies and build capacity to enact them
• Directly model NewRoot’s established practices and content with students
• Track, monitor, and share progress toward partner deliverables and goals
• Support the process of keeping high demand PDs current and relevant 
• Apply a Continuous Improvement Model to the development of professional learning including the incorporation of partner feedback
• Explore, identify, and support the development of virtual learning opportunities for partners in collaboration with other NewRoot team members

Other

• Participate in NewRoot’s internal development efforts to build coaching and facilitation capacity 
• Actively and continuously cultivate new partners 
• Utilize coaching tracking tools to measure service delivery 
• Stay current with research and practices to enhance professional learning offerings
• Preserve organization by keeping proprietary information confidential
• Perform other duties as needed

Commitment to Equity

NewRoot Learning Institute is an equal opportunity employer and believes in fostering a diverse and inclusive team. By centering equity in our practice, we work to actively nurture a culture of inclusion where all NewRoot team members are involved, respected, and supported for their diverse identities. Candidates from marginalized communities are encouraged to apply. Please let us know if there are any accommodations you require.

Required Qualifications

• Commitment to educational equity and restorative practices
• 4+ years of work experience in Education, Social Work, or Youth Development
• Strong relationship building skills with a diversity of stakeholders (youth and adults)
• Extensive experience facilitating, training, and/or coaching adults individually and in groups
• Engagement in a regular self-reflective practice that enhances sensitivity to and understanding of others across lines of difference, as well as, one’s ability to nurture an inclusive environment 
• Strong understanding of adult learning and the needs of school-based staff
• Ability to communicate in an effective and compelling manner both orally and in writing
• Independent thinker and problem-solver, with strong ability to manage projects and time 
• The ability to travel regionally (approximately 75%) and nationally (approximately 5%) as needed. 
• A valid driver’s license, reliable automobile, insurance and good driving record.
• Proficiency in, or willingness to quickly learn, Google office (Gmail, Google Drive, Google Spaces and Google Calendar), Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint and Excel), Canva

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with speaking and writing in Spanish
• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Social Work, Youth Development, or a related field
• Experience using Salesforce, or a similar relationship-based database system, to record and engage with data

Benefits

Benefits of working at NewRoot include:

• Being part of a team and organization that is mission focused, results driven, and committed to work life balance
• Opportunities for growth, leadership, and professional development
• Health, dental, vision, and life/short term/long term disability insurance
• 30+ paid days off annually, including 2 restorative days monthly and a Winter Break
• Paid parental leave
• 401k plan

For more about NewRoot’s benefits, please visit: https://newroot.org/careers/.