STEM Coach

Northeast Academy for Aerospace & Advanced Technologies; Elizabeth City (NC); Sur place; USD 55 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Retirement system (TSERS)

State Health Plan

Flexible benefits options

Résumé du poste

Northeast Academy for Aerospace & Advanced Technologies in Elizabeth City, NC, seeks a STEM Coach to empower educators to design rigorous, project-based STEM experiences. The role emphasizes professional development, embedded coaching, and leadership in curriculum and program design to advance student achievement.

Responsibilities include managing career pathways, facilitating partnerships with industry, and supporting grant activities while modeling innovative, standards-aligned teaching

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in curriculum and instruction, STEM education, or a STEM-related field and a minimum of five years experience as a middle or high school educator required.
• Previous experience with professional coaching, program development and improvement preferred.

Responsabilités

• Designs and manages programs, curricula, and initiatives that accelerate student learning and support team growth.
• Assists with grant development, submission, and execution.
• Builds and maintains strategic relationships with employers and community organizations to ensure relevance of curriculum.
• Provides professional development and embedded coaching to educators to maximize student outcomes.
• Leads adoption of transformative teaching practices to advance STEM education.

Formation

Master’s degree in curriculum and instruction, STEM education, or related field

Description du poste

Northeast Academy for Aerospace & Advanced Technologies Northeast Academy for Aerospace & Advanced Technologies - Elizabeth City, North Carolina Open in Google Maps

STEM Coach

Northeast Academy for Aerospace & Advanced Technologies Northeast Academy for Aerospace & Advanced Technologies - Elizabeth City, North Carolina Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in North Carolina School Jobs , and Northeast Academy for Aerospace Advance

Job Details

Job ID: 5975274
Application Deadline: Posted until filled
Posted: Oct 28, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: Dec 1, 2026

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position : STEM Coach

Reports To : Principal / Chief Academic Officer

Salary : State Salary Schedule + Local Supplement

Benefits : Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System (TSERS), NC State Health Plan, flexible benefits package options including NC457b and NC401k, excellent professional growth opportunities

FLSA Status : Exempt

NEAAAT is a highly innovative regional public school that inspires and prepares all students with the STEM-related skills, knowledge, and attitudes needed to meet future challenges in the global workforce and their communities. Our instructional methods are centered on hands-on, project and problem based instruction thoughtfully designed to challenge students and prepare them for the real world of work. We encourage and support each other to think differently, creatively, and purposefully about teaching and learning, keeping with the idea that we’re all teachers, we’re all learners, and we all have potential for high intellectual and professional growth throughout our lives. Our school currently serves students in grades 5-12 residing in North Carolina’s northeast region.

Position Purpose

The STEM Coach empowers educators inside and outside the organization to design and execute rigorous, engaging, authentic, and innovative projects. These learning experiences challenge students to see the deep connections across the entire curriculum. Exemplifying core values and modeling The NEAAAT Way, the STEM Coach builds and maintains strategic relationships that expand partnerships, enhance resources, and deepen community connections globally and locally. Through structured professional development and direct, embedded coaching, the STEM Coach fosters an environment of continuous instructional growth. As a core member of the Academic Team, the Coach drives pedagogical excellence and leads the adoption of transformative teaching practices to maximize student and community outcomes. Key responsibilities include designing and managing programs, curricula, and initiatives that accelerate student learning and support team growth, alongside assisting with grant development, submission, and execution. We seek a proactive, highly driven leader with prior school or district-level experience who is eager to dedicate the effort required to construct a world‑class model for the future of STEM education.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Coaching

• Partners with instructional personnel and instructional coaches (educators) to design innovative curricula and teaching strategies, embedding competency-based education principles to cultivate Powerful Learning Experiences across the school community.
• Recognizes the factors that may create barriers to effective coaching and adapts practice to achieve excellent results.
• Delivers targeted, embedded, and comprehensive support for instruction and curriculum to educators guiding NEAAAT career pathways, such as Coding, Aviation, and Advanced Manufacturing coaches.
• Maintains the NEAAAT career pathways-associated certifications that are necessary for the ongoing implementation and improvement of the program.
• Models the appropriate use of STEM equipment and high impact instructional practices in the classroom.
• Designs and facilitates high quality, impactful workshops and other learning experiences that result in the professional growth of educators and enhance school quality. This includes the Externships Program.
• Actively explores and fosters the school-wide integration of emerging technologies and innovative practices to maximize learning.

Curriculum

• Directs and manages extracurricular, co-curricular, and core programs that bolster STEM education, career readiness, and postsecondary access. This includes supervising STEM student clubs and competitive teams, such as the NEAAAT Robotics Team.
• Designs and implements the NEAAAT Summer Bridge program to introduce new-to-NEAAAT students to the Portrait of a Graduate and the NEAAAT Way.
• Maintains the STEM equipment inventory and trains and models for staff how to use these authentic, real‑world-relevant technologies to foster Powerful Learning Experiences.
• Builds and maintains effective relationships with employers, community leaders and organizations to ensure all curriculum offerings, credentials/certifications, and daily instruction offered by the school are local-industry, local-community, and “real world of work” relevant.
• Frequently prepares and disseminates media in a variety of formats to convey NEAAAT’s approach to STEM education and the many successes of our students and staff.
• Provides key curriculum materials and student instructional support, such as daily lesson planning and actionable feedback on learning, to maintain educational continuity during extended teacher absences.
• Creates new course rubrics, curriculum maps, and course content where necessary and appropriate to ensure that NEAAAT coaches have high quality resources to support coaching and learning.
• Organizes and oversees events that promote awareness of STEM career paths and higher education opportunities among students, including internship expos and community learning days.
• Assists the Work-Based Learning Coordinator in working with coaches and Business Alliance partners to plan and implement classroom instruction related to employability and professional skills.

Grants and External Development

• Supports the school’s primary grant writer to secure grant funding that aligns to our mission, vision, and strategic priorities. This work includes co-developing grant applications and designing/executing grant programs and projects.
• Continuously seeks and identifies funding opportunities that align with the school’s mission and goals.

Other

• Assists with school event preparation and facilitation, including school socials, afterschool activities, and extracurricular events.
• Collaborates with teammates to provide high quality service learning opportunities to students.
• Serves as a primary brand ambassador for the school and, in doing so, models a personal commitment to excellence and strong adherence to the school’s core values through verbal/written communications, behaviors and actions.
• Carries out all assigned action steps related to the organization’s strategic plan and meets or exceeds annual performance targets.
• Consistently demonstrates a positive attitude toward the job and remains a highly flexible, adaptable and innovative team builder.
• Demonstrates a personal commitment to professional growth through participation in professional learning activities.
• Effectively contributes to the formation and growth of highly effective teams.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities, as requested by the supervisor or CEO.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Excellent skills in the area of effective and innovative instructional practices and the ability to consistently build these skills in others.
• Familiarity with current trends and leading innovations in STEM education.
• Ability to consistently meet deadlines, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and achieve program goals and objectives.
• Ability to create high quality (world class) training materials and external communications (including digital resources).
• Ability to effectively model best practices related to technology infused, interdisciplinary PBL.
• Ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders, both internally and externally.
• Consistently exhibits positive behaviors that foster motivating conditions for colleagues (a motivator).
• Ability to work effectively in a collegial, team-centered environment.
• Intrinsically motivated and dedicated to continuous professional and personal growth.
• Excellent organizational skills and communication skills, both written and oral.
• Demonstrate functional knowledge of a wide range of technologies to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ability to cultivate effective relationships with post‑secondary institutions, employers, community leaders and organizations.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously without direct supervision.
• Ability to provide leadership and to supervise the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of new, modified or improved programs, services and activities.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to perform under stress, deal with persons acting under stress and adapt when confronted with emergency situations.
• Knowledge of confidentiality requirements in local, state and federal laws and regulations.
• Physical ability (able to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and up to 40 pounds regularly) and dexterity to perform the duties and responsibilities of the job.
• Ability and willingness to work well beyond a typical 40‑hour work week in order to maximize effectiveness and meet program deadlines.

Education, Training, Experience

• Master’s degree in curriculum and instruction, STEM education, or a STEM-related field and a minimum of five years experience as a middle or high school educator required.
• Previous experience with professional coaching, program development and improvement preferred.

Certification and License Requirements

• Valid and current NC Professional Educator’s License at the M level or higher (or eligibility to obtain such license) required. NBCT preferred.

Evaluation

• Performance will be evaluated using local tools aligned to this job description and local performance goals.

NEAAAT provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, NEAAAT complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. The above statements are intended to describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this position. They are not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and skills that may be required of the employees assigned to this position. NEAAAT employees are employees at will and either party may sever the employment relationship by notice to the other party at any time and for any reason. This description may be revised by the supervisor at any time.

Position Type: Full-Time

Contact Information

• Holly Luther , Director of Finance & Human Resources
• Northeast Academy for Aerospace & Advanced Technologies
• Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]