What are the responsibilities and job description for the Academic Coach Grades 4-12 position at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy?
Academic Coach Grades 4-12
Status : Full-Time, Exempt
Starting : August 11, 2025
Position Overview : Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy is seeking a dedicated and passionate Academic Coach to support students in grades 4-12. The Academic Coach will be responsible for providing academic guidance, support, and enrichment to students, while aligning instruction with the values and teachings of the Christian faith. This role requires a love for teaching, flexibility, patience, and a desire for fostering spiritual growth in students.
Responsibilities :
- Collaborate with students, parents, and teaching team to develop and keep current individualized academic plans to support students' learning needs
- Provide one-on-one and small group instruction to reinforce classroom lessons
- Work closely with the classroom / general education teacher throughout all stages of the educational process, from collaboratively planning and designing lessons to implementing differentiated instruction and assessments, ensuring that each students' individual needs are met, and progress is consistently monitored
- Encourage spiritual development by integrating Christian values and teachings into the daily routine
- Collaborate with the school's leadership and teaching staff to create a nurturing and academically focused environment
- Maintain proactive communication with parents and teachers regarding student progress and areas for growth
- Provide academic coaching to students to help them identify and address their personal learning needs, to increase academic achievement and bolster skill-development, such as learning and studying techniques, executive functioning skills, and test-taking strategies
- Provide mentorship, services, and programming that increase motivation, build resiliency, and foster a positive school climate for all students
- Participate in professional growth opportunities through staff development, in-service, workshops, and other means
- Other duties as assigned by the administrative staff
Qualifications :
CHCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All candidates meeting the required criteria will be considered.
Essential functions under the Americans with Disabilities Act may include any of the duties, knowledge, and skills listed above. This list is illustrative only and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by employees in this position. Regular attendance is an essential function of this job.
The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT : The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
MENTAL FUNCTIONS : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to compare, analyze, communicate, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile, and negotiate.
