EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING COACH Immediate Opening

Reports To: Director of Cognition & Learning

10-month position

Position Overview

Forman School seeks a certified, trained Executive Function coach to join the Cognition & Learning team.  This role will support the School’s commitment to individualized and tailored academic support, including executive functions, structured literacy, and metacognition.  Our commitment to research-backed best practices is essential to our daily practice and will be integral to this role.

Forman’s Mission, Promise, and Core Values

Forman School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory school for boarding and day students with identified learning differences.  Forman develops the whole student, based on each individual’s learning profile, so that all graduates become educated, confident self-advocates throughout life.

Forman is committed to sustaining an inclusive environment that fosters a deeper understanding of differences in race, gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, geographical origin, physical ability, and family structure.

We believe society is bettered when we learn from and embrace those with different experiences and perspectives from our own.  Our community values truth, respect, and kindness.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide individual coaching sessions with students to co-create collaborative partnerships using open-ended goal-directed questions that are action-oriented and promote self-reflection, accountability, planning, and problem-solving. All sessions are done in service of supporting students in their development of self-awareness, self-advocacy, and confidence in all facets of life.
• Collaborate and co-teach with classroom teachers by integrating EF skills and coaching practices into content-specific classes.
• Facilitate student accountability groups to build skills in estimating time, prioritizing tasks, breaking down assignments, getting started/switching and completing tasks, and building problem-solving skills.

• Work directly with dorm families to support students in developing essential life skills, including establishing and maintaining morning/night routines, practicing good personal hygiene, and meeting dorm expectations; Provide guidance to dorm staff on best practices for fostering independence, self-regulation, and accountability in residential life.
• Review current students' psychoeducational evaluations and identify information to consider in your work with students.
• Integrate assistive technology in individual coaching sessions and instructional practices by identifying, recommending, and teaching students how to use tools for speech-to-text, note-taking, task management apps, digital planners, and other accessibility features to support executive functioning; Collaborate with faculty to incorporate assistive technology into the classroom to enhance student engagement and success.
• Provide coaching training and mentoring for Forman colleagues
• Serve as a resource for faculty and administrators on topics related to ADHD/EF

Educational and Experiential Background and Credentials

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in special education or a related field
• Completion of an accredited ADHD/EF training program and/or 60 hrs of ICF-accredited
• training
• An understanding of psychoeducational evaluations and the ability to understand and apply relevant information
• Minimum two years of experience coaching teens/young adults in an academic setting or private practice
• Group facilitation, provide coaching training
• Remain current with topics related to research and best practices in topics related to ADHD & executive functions, twice-exceptionality, and assistive technology

Preferred: 

• Master’s degree in a related field (e.g., special education, psychology, educational therapy)
• Experience working within a school setting, collaborating with educators and support staff to implement executive function strategies

Other Expectations

 This position is a member of a boarding school faculty. Candidates should be interested in contributing outside of the classroom and becoming fully involved in the student life program. Faculty are expected to demonstrate respect for diversity of identities and experiences, an orientation toward equity and inclusion, and cultural competency in all aspects of school life.

About Forman School

Forman School is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other federally protected class.

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